School construction ends in Tsageri municipality
In 2020, the Ministry of Infrastructure built 20 new schools for 1,530 students. Photo: Municipal Development Fund.
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Construction of a new school has ended in the village of Laila, Tsageri municipality, says the Municipal Development Fund.
The construction of the school which is for 90 students began back in September 2019.
The project cost 1.9 million GEL and was carried out by the Municipal Development Fund which apart from this school is building a further 66 schools and reconstructing 100 schools throughout Georgia.
In 2020, the Ministry of Infrastructure built 20 new schools for 1,530 students.
As for 2021, construction works are planned to end in 41 schools which are for 7,020 students.
The Municipal Development Fund says that in 2021-2022 more than 100 schools will be reconstructed and constructed in total for 16,000 students.
The school building project is financed by the government of Georgia and donor organisations such as the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO). The total budget of the project is over 300 million GEL.
Georgia has allocated 40 mln GEL ($14.3 mln/€13 mln) for 2020 for the reconstruction of schools in the whole country, says the Ministry of Infrastructure.
A total of 220 million GEL (about $72,358,900) will be spent on the construction and renovation of schools throughout Georgia by fall 2021, said Georgian Infrastructure Minister Maia Tskitishvili.
2019-2020 academic year has started throughout Georgia today, with 700 fully or partly renovated schools. The academic year has begun in more than 2,000 public schools in the country, while the process was delayed for 19 schools due to renovation work there.
The Georgian government will spend 68 million GEL to build 27 schools in 22 regions.
The Georgian Government has plans to announce a tender for the construction of 80 public schools and renovation of 320 others across the country between September-October, the Government Administration said on Wednesday, in comments on a meeting of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili with education authorities to discuss the ₾1 billion ($357 mln) project.
A total of ₾1 billion ($354 mln) will be spent on construction and renovation of 800 schools in Georgia over the next four years, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced on Monday.