(Kaieteur News) – Twenty-one consultancy firms have submitted bids to design and supervise the construction of six new primary schools spanning Regions One, Two, Four, Five, Six, and Ten — part of a US$90 million Inter-American Development Bank initiative aimed at transforming educational infrastructure for some of Guyana’s most underserved communities.

The bids were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board office, drawing a competitive field of local and international firms with engineering, architectural, and project management expertise.

The project targets six communities where inadequate or absent facilities have long forced children to travel difficult distances to reach the nearest classroom: