{"id":13825,"date":"2023-11-10T12:26:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13825"},"modified":"2023-11-10T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:26:58","slug":"new-secondary-school-to-benefit-berbice-river-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-secondary-school-to-benefit-berbice-river-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New Secondary School to Benefit Berbice River Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Students in the Berbice River area are set to benefit from the construction of a new secondary school, a commitment made by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during a recent outreach to various Region 10 communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wiruni community, situated in the heart of the Berbice River, will be the recipient of this educational initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, shared details during a follow-up meeting with residents of De Velde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that the construction of the new secondary school is a strategic move to prevent children from having to travel long distances to attend schools in Kwakwani or New Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussions have already commenced with the Ministry of Education to initiate the technical aspects of developing the school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Edghill emphasized the intent to use materials from nearby communities in the Berbice River, contributing to economic development for local suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Minister Edghill fulfilled the President&#8217;s commitment to provide 165-watt solar panels and fans to several communities, including De Velde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He mentioned that every household in the Berbice River will receive solar panels, a move aimed at bridging the energy and digital divide in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to these initiatives, commitments were made to allocate funds for the rehabilitation of playfields in the riverine communities, contributing to the overall development and well-being of the residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reported by Josiah Williams for NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in the Berbice River area are set to benefit from the construction of a new secondary school, a commitment made by President Dr. Irfaan Ali during a recent outreach&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13825","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=13825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13827,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13825\/revisions\/13827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}