Junior Minister to lead delegation to C’wealth Education Ministers Conference

June 21, 2015 | By KNews | Filed Under News, Source

Due to pressing matters at the level of the Cabinet, the Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine would not be able to lead Guyana’s delegation to the upcoming 19th Conference of the Commonwealth Education Ministers (19CCEM) in the Bahamas. The Guyana delegation will instead be headed by Junior Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry.

Also scheduled to attend are Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam –Ms. Tricia Teekah -Caribbean Region Representative of the Commonwealth Students’ Association – Steering Committee, and Joshua Griffith – President of the University of Guyana Students’ Society.

The 19CCEM high level meeting of Commonwealth Ministers is held under the theme: ”Quality Education for Equitable Development: Performance, Paths and Productivity”.   The conference aims to follow up on “a major commitment towards the attainment of the Internationally Agreed Goals”, which according to Bahamas’ Minister of Education, were signed on to, in Dakar, Bangladesh and at the United Nations.

He said, “This conference will allow us to gauge where we  stand with regard to that commitment and accordingly revisit, if need be, mechanisms to accelerate towards the attainment of the Internationally Agreed Goals, as well as to strategize for aligning Commonwealth priorities with education aspects of the new Post-2015 Global Development Framework.”

The Conference will provide an opportunity for the participants to deliberate on the priority and emerging issues, identified by the Ministerial Working Group, which include the persistent inequalities and inequities, worsening income inequalities, high unemployment, vulnerabilities of marginalised groups, universality, measurement of quality and unmet education needs.

The conference will also elaborate on policy, practice and the strategic actions required in direct response to the new development goals and targets, while exploring trends and innovative practices in education in the Commonwealth.

The wide-ranging discussions at the conference are expected to cover a range of educational issues focusing on quality and skills that meet the dynamic needs of learners, especially the youth and global qualification standards, ICT integration in education and training, opportunities for economic growth and investment, education for sustainable development, and the overall quality of education across the Commonwealth.

It is expected that teachers and young people will form part of the different delegations from the Commonwealth countries that will be attending the conference.

The Commonwealth Secretariat is expected to officially launch its Fourth Edition of the Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards (CEGPA) 2015 and there will be a dedicated 19CCEM website which will provide adequate information and details pertaining to the Conference.

The 19CCEM commences on 22 June and concludes on the 26 June, 2015.

Meaning ... "PNC officials are taking over the administration and certain AFC members/ministers are gradually being sidelined".

In time indeed, and by 2020 it will be only the PNC as the government.

Of note, the AFC members who initially were former PNC members, like Raphael Trotman, etc., will remain solidly with the PNC.

memo to Dem_Guy, race-baiting fool and stupid old man:

Rupert Roopnarine is an APNU(WPA) minister, NOT a member of the AFC!

Redux, that does not diminish the argument which is that the pnc/Ainu seems to be marginalizing its junior members. I too had forgotten that Rupert was/is WPA. Does the WPA still exist?

wahderass! . . . how the hell is Rupert being marginalized here?

he is among the most senior and influential players in APNU!

it does not speak well of you that u join the dribbling, racist jackass D_G in fantasizing that, by simply being Indian, Rupert Roopnarine must be AFC

Apt description of yourself.

Maybe Roopnarine feels he has more important stuff to do? That would seem likely as these meetings tend to be nothing more than glorified junkets that produce very little of substance.

Anyone who thinks Roopnarine is some powerless rubber stamp in APNU is grossly misinformed or just plain lying. He is one of Granger's closest advisors. If there's an inner circle, Roopnarine is in it.

Yet another description of yourself.

Translation: Nah uh. I know you are but what am I?

ow bai, how does it feel to have your poorly conceived, racist wet shit thrown back in yuh face?

Continued dialogue about and with yourself.

Ignorance knows no end - Rupert is not AFC.  Check the records.