The Ministry of Education plans to demolish and build the new facilities of an educational center that is in the village of Aligandi, Kuna Yala County.
The Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to develop the project called "Design, development of plans and construction of the new facilities of the Cacique Olodebiniginya Institute, community of Ustupu, corregimiento of Ailigandi comarca Kuna Yala", was presented by the Ministry of Education in the first quarter of the year.
The Ministry of Education in Guatemala has awarded the company Importaciones y Distribuciones Comerciales de Guatemala the contract for the supply of 2 million school backpacks.
Under the purchase method of by exception and previously restricted to firms invited to bid, the Ministry of Education of Guatemala received an offer from Beaker Servicios SA, in the amount of $4.4 million and the company Importaciones y Distribuciones Comerciales de Guatemala for $10 million, the latter has been awarded the contract to supply the 2,150,000 school bags.
The Ministry of Education has announced it will spend $120 million on the purchase of school meals, textbooks, educational materials and sports equipment during the year.
Of the total amount $3.7 million will be allocated for the purchase of instructional textbooks, $94 million for school dinners, $13.9 million for free education and finally $8.4 million for the purchase of books.
A new commission set up by the Ministry of Health will regulate advertising of tobacco and alcohol and will look at increasing taxes.
The National Commission for the Prevention of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases and Cancer, established by the Ministry of Health and Welfare will be responsible for the regulation of advertising of snuff and alcohol and also promote the consumption of healthy foods.
The Ministry of Finance has canceled an award for 4.5 million textbooks with the company Papelco.
The reason given was that the assessment panel of the tender did not clarify several cases of disagreements during the bidding process.
The resolution by the Ministry of Finance states that the case be returned to the Contest Rating Board "in order to review the proceedings (...) giving the explanations due and resolving them accordingly."
The Ministry of Education is inviting bids for the packaging and distribution of text books for primary schools.
The Ministry had earlier tendered the purchase of more than four million readers for the pre primary and primary levels and is now putting out to tender the packaging and distribution of the same items.
According to the specifications the total number of boxes to be distributed exceeds 45,500.
There are appeals to make teaching English obligatory and to encourage cooperation between private enterprises and the government in order to make the country more attractive to the contact center industry, and generate more jobs.
The Government and the private sector aim to create a common initiative to attract more call centers companies, and create 50,000 new jobs for young people, mainly in the next few years ahead, said Elperiodico.com.
The Ministry of Education allocated $ 29.2 million for construction and repair of school infrastructure in 2011.
The number represents an increase of 239% compared to the $ 12.2 million invested in 2010.
This year, education authorities will continue to improve the infrastructure and construction of 206 new classrooms for pre-primary and 225 more for primary education. Also, it has contemplated to build 52 health services facilities.
The Ministry of Education will auction the purchase of 200.000 uniforms for school students in marginal areas.
The acquisition falls under the "Uniforming Solidarity” program.
Prensalibre.com reports in their article, "According to the official, the purchase includes 100 thousand sets of uniforms for children- pants, shirt, shoes - and 100 thousand for girls -skirt, blouse and shoes - at a cost of approximately $ 15 each.
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