The Ministry of Education announced yesterday the seven winners of the tender conducted along with the Colegio Dominicano de Ingenieros y Arquitectos, the leading association of engineers, to build, enlarge or repair public school classrooms. Present at the announcement of the winners at the CODIA was Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch, who is the acting Minister of Education. Engineer Rafael Marion Landais, manager of the unit of tenders for the professional association, represented the engineers. The schools are located in Azua, Bahoruco, Independencia, Pedernales and Peravia provinces. The work will be financed with RD$21 million from the German bank KFW and a Dominican government counterpart. The program calls for the construction or expansion of 206 classrooms in 56 schools and the repair of 650 classrooms in 150 public schools, plus the regular maintenance of the schools with the participation of the community.
