{"id":13242,"date":"2023-10-17T20:52:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13242"},"modified":"2023-10-17T20:52:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:52:14","slug":"empowering-education-in-the-hinterlands-because-we-care-cash-grants-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/empowering-education-in-the-hinterlands-because-we-care-cash-grants-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Education in the Hinterlands: &#8216;Because We Care&#8217; Cash Grants Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Ministry of Education has reason to celebrate as schools in the hinterland regions of Guyana report a significant improvement in both enrollment and attendance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This noteworthy progress can be attributed to the implementation of the &#8216;Because We Care&#8217; cash grant initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the prerequisites for eligibility to receive the &#8216;Because We Care&#8217; cash grant is that the child must be enrolled in school and maintain regular attendance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the reintroduction of this initiative, schools in the hinterland regions have witnessed a surge in student attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Chief Education Officer, Marti De Souza, lauded the impact of the grant, emphasizing how it has been instrumental in supporting parents and subsequently leading to improved attendance rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, De Souza highlighted that in conjunction with the school feeding program and other interventions, these efforts are yielding positive outcomes in these remote areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with the government&#8217;s manifesto, there is a strategic plan to incrementally increase the education cash grant to $50,000 by the year 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Education has reason to celebrate as schools in the hinterland regions of Guyana report a significant improvement in both enrollment and attendance. This noteworthy progress can be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,363,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13244,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13242\/revisions\/13244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}