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Jun 26, 2021 News
Kaieteur News – A US$6.7 million grant to improve Guyana’s education sector has been approved by the World Bank. This grant will go towards the improvement of learning in nursery schools, increase technology use in primary schools and to improve functionality of the national education management information system. Based on information released by the Bank, the grant is a part of its Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
Ozan Sevimell, the World Bank Resident Representative for Jamaica and Guyana, stated that Guyana has made a lot of progress in its education sector in the last 15 years. Additionally, he stated that thought there have been improvements, the learning outcome remains low and improving the education of quality at all levels will be the priority for Guyana to develop its human capital.
The Chief Executive Officer of GPE, Alice Albright, said that the grant will continue to help make Guyana’s education system more resilient and effective so that the most vulnerable boys and girls can go to school and learn,
The education project, at the nursery level, aims to support teachers’ training to improve pedagogy or the method of teaching and delivery of new curriculum. It will also provide learning materials and deliver parental education.
When it relates to the primary level, the financing will equip schools with computer tablets to enable them to use technology for foundational skills like mathematics and literacy, as well as smart class rooms to support learning.
The project will also finance further development and roll out of an integrated education management information system at the national level in nursery, primary and secondary schools. This project will also contribute to two ongoing projects financed by the World Bank’s International Development Association. The Education Sector Improvement Project aims to improve mathematics education and the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
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