A contract for the construction of special education needs school at Cotton Field in Region Two valued at $94,78,725 was signed yesterday between the Government of Guyana through the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) and Builder’s Engineering & Architectural Constancy.
Present at the signing were Karen Roopchand, Project Manager, BNTF; Ajay Bissessar, Project Engineer, BNTF, Shabana Omar Project Engineer, BNTF; Beverley Bunbury, Community Liaison Officer, BNTF; as well as the representatives of the Design & Supervision Consultant, E & A Consultants Incorporated and the contractor, Builder’s Engineering & Architectural Consultancy.
The BNTF is a cyclical grant-funded programme by the Caribbean Development Bank that aims to reduce the incidence of poverty by targeting the cause of inequitable access to quality education, specifically, schools catering to children with special needs.
A release from the BNTF said that in Cotton Field there is a dire need for educational facilities that allow children with special needs and disabilities access to quality education and social development mechanisms that match their unique needs.
