A New 55 Thousand Air Conditioning Units May Be Purchased By The Moe For Schools

Eng. Sa'ad Al-Mutairi, Director of Maintenance Department in Al-Jahra Educational District, suggests that schools purchase air conditioning units directly from manufacturers on warranty, guarantee, and maintenance for a minimum of 5 years, and possibly even 7 years, if the manufacturer permits, in order to help the Ministry of Education deal with the crisis of air-conditioning maintenance in government schools.

The Ministry of Education is reporting that, according to a local Arabic newspaper, by purchasing 55,000 air conditioners, it will be able to buy the units at a lower price than the market price, since the unit price will not exceed 160 dinars with a 5 year warranty, which means that the total cost would be about 9 million dinars.

According to the sources, the cost of maintenance contracts in each of the six educational zones amounts to 1.8 million dinars per year for three years but despite spending tens of millions of dinars, schools still suffer delays and negligence from some companies which do not perform maintenance on time.

There are indications that buying devices with warranties and maintenance is a much better idea than signing maintenance contracts that cost the ministry millions of dinars each year.

Eng. Yassin Al-Yasin, the Undersecretary of the Educational Facilities Sector, has approved the proposal, according to sources. A decision will be taken by the Minister of Education and Higher Education regarding the proposal.

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