{"id":15907,"date":"2024-01-26T14:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15907"},"modified":"2024-01-26T14:01:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:01:39","slug":"government-prioritizes-learning-environment-education-minister-responds-to-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-prioritizes-learning-environment-education-minister-responds-to-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Prioritizes Learning Environment, Education Minister Responds to Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, defended the PPP\/C Government&#8217;s commitment to enhancing learning environments amid criticism from Opposition Member of Parliament, Coretta McDonald. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McDonald contended that the government&#8217;s focus on building schools overlooked the crucial need for teacher training in this year&#8217;s budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Minister Manickchand highlighted the challenges faced upon the government&#8217;s return to office in 2020, emphasizing the need to fill 7000 seats for secondary school students, particularly in Hinterland communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister clarified that the allocation of $28.7 billion for school development in the current budget aims to construct new secondary, primary, and nursery schools across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of this amount, $16 billion is designated for new secondary schools, $3.1 billion for primary school buildings, and $3 billion for nursery schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing infrastructure deficits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing criticism regarding teacher livelihoods, Minister Manickchand outlined measures to enhance the well-being of educators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She mentioned incentives such as duty-free concessions for senior teachers above 52 and financial support for teachers in training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister revealed that 1796 teachers were trained last year, with 1900 and an additional 1500 set to undergo training in 2024 and 2025, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Manickchand asserted the government&#8217;s unapologetic stance on prioritizing the learning environment for pupils and students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing efforts aim to bridge gaps in infrastructure and ensure a conducive atmosphere for education across Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, defended the PPP\/C Government&#8217;s commitment to enhancing learning environments amid criticism from Opposition Member of Parliament, Coretta McDonald. McDonald contended that the government&#8217;s focus on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15907","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=15907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15909,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15907\/revisions\/15909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}