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Oct 15, 2014 News
Residents of sections of Region One were among the latest to receive the Government of Guyana “Because We Care” $10, 000 cash grant, which now translates to more than 5,500 persons benefiting since distribution processes commenced on Saturday last.
The Region One disbursement was undertaken on Monday last.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry, long before the scheduled time, hundreds of parents waited patiently at the Santa Rosa Secondary School to collect the much anticipated government assistance, designed to ease the burden of the average household in preparing their children for school.
Schools that benefitted from the more than $12 million given in a cluster, included Santa Rosa Nursery, Santa Rosa Primary, Santa Rosa Secondary, Ko-Ko Nursery and Parakeese Nursery.
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand was accompanied by high-ranking education officers and her Cabinet colleague, Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.
In an address, during the distribution process Minister Manickchand thanked the people of Moruca for gifting the Nation with the woman who is now Foreign Minister.
Minister Rodrigues-Birkett grew up in Moruca and attended Santa Rosa Secondary School just like most of the children there. But according to Manickchand she had far less opportunities then, than “what your boys and girls now have…”
“The PPP/Civic believes that education is the only sure way to improve one’s life, one’s family and one’s community. As a government the PPP/C has consistently matched this with solid investments in the education sector over the years. This initiative is yet further evidence of a government that cares for all the people of Guyana,” she surmised.
Manickchand explained to those gathered that “30 per cent of a very large National Budget is spent on the Social Sector. The Social Sector deals with Housing, Water, Old Age Pension, Women and Children Affairs and Education…and in the Social Sector, Education receives the largest sum.”
The home-coming Foreign Minister then took the podium to a warm welcome from the massive crowd. She told them that throughout the world, there are 58 million children that are not in school because there is simply no school for them to attend in many countries of the world. Stressing the need for education and the opportunities offered by the PPP/C Government, Rodrigues-Birkett said when she entered Parliament in 2001; there was only one doctor in all of Guyana that was of Amerindian descent. Today, there are more than 20 trained doctors in this Region alone, some of who came from Moruca, she boasted.
Minister Rodrigues-Birkett gave credit to former President Bharrat Jagdeo, who had, during his presidency, secured about 1,000 scholarships for Guyana, and insisted that 10 per cent of all students going to Cuba, must come from the hinterland region, and in particularly, Amerindian communities.
Parents were high in praise for the government’s initiative and expressed hope that it continues. One parent with seven children in the public school system, took home $70,000. The ‘Because We Care’ cash grant initiative continues this week and into next week throughout the rest of the Administrative Regions. It was officially launched last Saturday, October 11, at the Bartica Community Centre in Region Seven.
Head of State, His Excellency Donald Ramotar and several Members of the Cabinet and Members of Parliament were in attendance. Immediately following the launch more than 3,000 children received their $10,000 vouchers, some of whom proceeded to encash at the local Western Union/Bill Express.
The following day, Sunday, October 12, 2014, the Ministry of Education distributed the Cash Grant to parents and guardians of more than 1,100 children in Leguan and Wakenaam Islands, Essequibo River, Region Three.
Parents expressed appreciation and welcomed the opportunity to be served by the Minister of Education and teams of educators from their respective communities and the Central Ministry. Parents from more than 16 schools received their 10,000 Cash Grant that day.
Parents are reminded to look at the television or newspapers, the Ministry of Education website (www.education.gov.gy) or the Ministry of Education Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/MinistryOfEducationGuyana) and the Guyana Learning Channel to find out when and where they need to go in order to uplift their child’s Cash Grant.
The cash grant initiative was announced by Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, during the presentation of the 2014 National Budget.
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