This Thursday, March 17, the Ministry of Education of Bogotá handed over to the national company promoting territorial development (EnTerritorios) the land for the construction of two megacoleges in the towns of Kennedy and Ciudad Bolívar in the southwest of the capital, which will be worth close to $73.3 billion.
These projects, which will be developed over the next 18 months and will benefit more than 2,600 students in the capital, seek to expand the educational offer in the city in the primary and secondary grades, after the Ministry of Education announced earlier this year the return to classrooms after overcoming the crisis health of covid-19.
“The construction of these two megacoleges will contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of children, young people and the whole community in general in these two important locations of the city of Bogotá. Our purpose is to continue working hand in hand with the district so that these works comply with the established schedules and the correct execution of resources,” said the general manager of EnTerritorio, Lina Barrera.
The first of the formal events was held in the Boitá neighborhood, in the south of the capital, where one of the buildings where the construction of a modern educational center will be carried out, which will have an investment of about $36.5 billion, which will have 30 classrooms, four computer rooms and a court so that the nearly 1,040 beneficiary students will be able to complete their studies.
At the same time, the land was handed over in the Madalena neighborhood, where the project called Hacienda Casa Blanca Educational Infrastructure will be built, which will have a value of close to $36,845 million, which will have 45 classrooms, an auditorium, two multiple courts, science, physics and chemistry laboratories, kitchen and dining room, library, computer room and multipurpose classroom that will serve about 1,560 students.
In addition, the Ministry of Education reported that more than 200 projects are currently being carried out in the city to improve district schools, with the aim of improving the educational infrastructure and ensuring adequate school spaces for the training of children and young people in the city.
“The works include general interventions, changing sanitary batteries, remodeling school classrooms, changing floors, windows, doors and roofs, painting, metal carpentry, complete repairs to courts and recreational areas, and work on power grids, among others,” said the Secretariat.
Likewise, he explained that the interventions are being carried out in official schools in La Victoria, Moralba Sureoriental and Manuelita Sáenz, located in the town of San Cristóbal in the southeast of the city, while the Rafael Uribe Uribe school was delivered in the town of Tunjuelito, which will benefit more than 1,800 students.
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