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Guyana is looking to achieve universal secondary education by 2016 says Minister Priya Manickchand.

She was briefing the media about the ministry’s 2014 plans on Monday at the Cara Lodge.

“We intend to achieve universal secondary education before the first term of the Donald Ramotar administration ends. That means that students across the country that are of a secondary age can access general secondary education.

We have practically achieved universal secondary education in many regions but we have some more work to do in Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine. We have work to do regarding general proficiency secondary education on the coastland,” Manickchand said.

President Ramotar was elected in 2011 for a five-year term with elections constitutionally due no later than 2016.

Manickchand highlighted transportation as a major issue for the hinterland students and added that it was one the ministry was tackling aggressively.

Guyana has already achieved universal primary education in keeping with the Millennium Development Goal which had set 2015 as the benchmark. According to Manickchand, the ministry will now be focusing more attention on quality delivery at the primary level.

On the perpetual concerns about the Mathematics and English performances the minister said work has already started to increase student matriculation.

“We have secured the services of two specialists so we have a special Math person as a Senior Education Officer in the secondary sector. We also have a Math specialist at the National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) and we’re looking to collaborate with the World Bank to introduce some new measures to make learning Math accessible and interesting,” Manickchand related.

Other plans include a greater focus on special needs training and teaching and work on an action plan to increase literacy nationally. The findings from several studies are also to be released, focusing on primary sector literacy level and early childhood learning needs.

“We are going to publish that study shortly with a massive ad campaign that is going to inform parents what their children should know and how it is parents and guardians can teach those children, prior to them entering the formal education system, the things that we think they should know with the materials they have at home,” the minister said.

Meanwhile, the minister said they spent more than 94 percent of their 2013 budget adding that it indicated they were meeting their work targets.

Manickchand said more than 94 percent of the ministry’s budget was spent in 2013. The sector received GUY$28.7B this year from the approved GUY$177.4B national budget.

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NehruBig Mouth Member

OH SWEET GUYANA To the Mountain Top.

12/30/135:07 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Conscience:

Guyana is looking to achieve universal secondary education by 2016 says Minister Priya Manickchand.
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“We intend to achieve universal secondary education before the first term of the Donald Ramotar administration ends. That means that students across the country that are of a secondary age can access general secondary education.

We have practically achieved universal secondary education in many regions but we have some more work to do in Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine. We have work to do regarding general proficiency secondary education on the coastland,” Manickchand said.

Continued progress.

12/30/135:16 PM

Former Member

Education

2012



$26.5 billion was expended in this sector in 2012.



$2.9 billion was spent on construction, extension, rehabilitation and maintenance of additional

educational facilities countrywide



Over $1.2 billion was spent on the School Feeding Programme

, which benefitted over 64,000

students.



$296.7 million was spent on the National School Uniform Programme which benefitted over

190,000 children in nursery, primary and secondary schools.



2,965 teachers were trained in ICT.



$1.3 billion were expended to e

quip and staff technical and vocational institutions



$1.3 billion was allocated to the University of Guyana (UG), of which $450 million represented

loans to students.

2013



$28.7 billion has been budgeted for the education sector in 2013 bringing to a tot

al the amount of

$139 billion being allocated over the period 2008 to 2013 to finance the National Education

Strategic Plan.



Physical infrastructure of schools and other educational facilities countrywide will benefit from an

investment of over $3 billion



Construction of Kato Secondary Complex which provides for 350 students, the reconstruction of

One Mile Primary, and extensions to Alexander Village Nursery, East Street Nursery, St. Barnabas

Special School, Tutorial Academy and Tagore Memorial Secondary, r

ehabilitation of St. Roses

High, and maintenance of other schools and educational facilities countrywide.



$1.1 billion is budgeted for the School Feeding Programme which will see over 64,000



the school uniform programme will continue to provide one school

uniform distributed to every

child attending a school in the public education system from nursery to Grade 11.



409 newly trained teachers are expected to enter the education system in August 2013, while

another 41 teachers will complete the requirements for certification under the Trained Teacher’s

Certificate Programme, a further 68 in

service teachers in Regions

1 and 9 will continue to access

the Trained Teacher’s Certificate, while 366 students will continue to access the Associate Degree

in Education at the coastal centres and Linden.



35 IT labs are expected to be completed in 2013, while 3,000 teachers will be

trained in ICT

literacy



$1.7 billion has been allocated to the University of Guyana, including student loans of $450

million.



A feasibility study for the new Centre of Excellence for the Study of Bio

Diversity and a

management and personnel study of the U

niversity’s human resources will commence this year.



14 laboratories in the Science and Technology Faculties will be rehabilitated, while full internet

connectivity will be provided to all faculties and the library.



$50 million to be provided by Government

to UG to promote greater access to tertiary level

education by establishing online programmes.

excerpts from the 2013 National Budget

12/30/135:21 PM

MitwahSenior Member

Conscience, it seems like you will get a chance to finish High School.

12/30/135:52 PM

Former Member

This headline is a red herring. Guyana always have univeral secondary education. I guess the minister is looking for some praise.

12/30/136:34 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by JB:

This headline is a red herring. Guyana always have univeral secondary education. I guess the minister is looking for some praise.

Nonsense, it did not. If you did not pass the CE, you were out. Less than 50% of primary school students go on to attend Secondary school. Secondary education should now be mandatory up to a point then alternate technical education should be an option for those who desire. As long as they don't follow the BJ Flap-top model, it may yield positive results in time.

12/30/137:02 PM

MitwahSenior Member

Originally Posted by JB:

This headline is a red herring. Guyana always have univeral secondary education. I guess the minister is looking for some praise.

You are right that we always had universal secondary education. To be fair, I have to applaud her for working towards students across the country that are of a secondary age can access general secondary education. And, highlighting transportation as a major issue for the hinterland students and added that it was one the ministry was tackling aggressively. This is good news for my organization scholarship program for this level.

I would like to believe her when she says:

-the ministry will now be focusing more attention on quality delivery at the primary level;

-focusing on primary sector literacy level and early childhood learning needs.

12/30/138:16 PM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Mitwah:

Originally Posted by JB:

This headline is a red herring. Guyana always have univeral secondary education. I guess the minister is looking for some praise.

I would like to believe her when she says:

-the ministry will now be focusing more attention on quality delivery at the primary level;

-focusing on primary sector literacy level and early childhood learning needs.

What's you definition of "universal". I know you have a limited mental capacity, but stretch a bit, to 4th grade intelligence.

12/30/138:50 PM

MitwahSenior Member

Originally Posted by baseman:

Originally Posted by Mitwah:

Originally Posted by JB:

This headline is a red herring. Guyana always have univeral secondary education. I guess the minister is looking for some praise.

I would like to believe her when she says:

-the ministry will now be focusing more attention on quality delivery at the primary level;

-focusing on primary sector literacy level and early childhood learning needs.

What's you definition of "universal". I know you have a limited mental capacity, but stretch a bit, to 4th grade intelligence.

Door Knob, since you don't know the definition, you should go back and finish your secondary education.

12/31/1311:15 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by Conscience:

Education

2012



$26.5 billion was expended in this sector in 2012.



$2.9 billion was spent on construction, extension, rehabilitation and maintenance of additional

educational facilities countrywide



Over $1.2 billion was spent on the School Feeding Programme

, which benefitted over 64,000

students.



$296.7 million was spent on the National School Uniform Programme which benefitted over

190,000 children in nursery, primary and secondary schools.



2,965 teachers were trained in ICT.



$1.3 billion were expended to e

quip and staff technical and vocational institutions



$1.3 billion was allocated to the University of Guyana (UG), of which $450 million represented

loans to students.

2013



$28.7 billion has been budgeted for the education sector in 2013 bringing to a tot

al the amount of

$139 billion being allocated over the period 2008 to 2013 to finance the National Education

Strategic Plan.



Physical infrastructure of schools and other educational facilities countrywide will benefit from an

investment of over $3 billion



Construction of Kato Secondary Complex which provides for 350 students, the reconstruction of

One Mile Primary, and extensions to Alexander Village Nursery, East Street Nursery, St. Barnabas

Special School, Tutorial Academy and Tagore Memorial Secondary, r

ehabilitation of St. Roses

High, and maintenance of other schools and educational facilities countrywide.



$1.1 billion is budgeted for the School Feeding Programme which will see over 64,000



the school uniform programme will continue to provide one school

uniform distributed to every

child attending a school in the public education system from nursery to Grade 11.



409 newly trained teachers are expected to enter the education system in August 2013, while

another 41 teachers will complete the requirements for certification under the Trained Teacher’s

Certificate Programme, a further 68 in

service teachers in Regions

1 and 9 will continue to access

the Trained Teacher’s Certificate, while 366 students will continue to access the Associate Degree

in Education at the coastal centres and Linden.



35 IT labs are expected to be completed in 2013, while 3,000 teachers will be

trained in ICT

literacy



$1.7 billion has been allocated to the University of Guyana, including student loans of $450

million.



A feasibility study for the new Centre of Excellence for the Study of Bio

Diversity and a

management and personnel study of the U

niversity’s human resources will commence this year.



14 laboratories in the Science and Technology Faculties will be rehabilitated, while full internet

connectivity will be provided to all faculties and the library.



$50 million to be provided by Government

to UG to promote greater access to tertiary level

education by establishing online programmes.

excerpts from the 2013 National Budget

Spending the nations money is not a measure of progress. Give us a list of what is done. It all should be in detailed report form before the parliament so we know exactly on what the PPP spends the nations cash and how.

1/1/1411:04 AM

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