EDUCATION II

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The project would provide for: (a) construction, furnishing and equipping of secondary education facilities, consisting of 7 new Community Secondary Schools with about 4,500 student places; extensions to 10 existing secondary schools consisting of 19 workshops, 19 laboratories and 19 homecraft rooms for about 1,680 additional student places and 4 staff houses; and one new Secondary Teachers' Training College with approximately 450 student places. (b) construction, furnishing and equipping of vocational and agricultural training facilities, consisting of: extension to the Guyana School of Agriculture for an additional 88 students; 6 new Rural Training Centers for about 216 trainees, including boarding facilities for about 152 trainees and 10 staff houses; an Agricultural Extension In-Service Training and Communications Center with places for approximately 30 agricultural officers, boarding facilities for about 26 officers and 2 staff houses; and a Caribbean Animal Health Technicians' Training Center with places and boarding facilities for about 72 students and one staff house.