{"id":23864,"date":"2024-11-07T12:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23864"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:25:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:25:44","slug":"government-invests-over-700000-annually-per-child-expands-education-in-hinterland-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-invests-over-700000-annually-per-child-expands-education-in-hinterland-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Invests Over $700,000 Annually Per Child, Expands Education in Hinterland Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the commissioning of North West Secondary School in Region One, President Dr. Irfaan Ali highlighted his government\u2019s commitment to education, revealing an annual investment of over $700,000 per child across the nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This financial commitment, he explained, reflects the administration&#8217;s dedication to ensuring equal opportunities for all children, including those in hinterland areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali underscored the comparative advantage this investment provides, as Guyana remains one of the few nations with such a high per-child expenditure for education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also highlighted additional initiatives such as the \u201cBecause We Care\u201d cash grant and uniform allowance, which now total $45,000 per student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To further support education in the hinterland, the government plans to establish state-of-the-art technical and vocational centers by 2030. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These centers aim to equip students in remote areas with world-class certifications, including City and Guilds qualifications, allowing them to excel in skilled trades directly from their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president emphasized that Region One alone has seen an educational investment of $7 billion by the Ministry of Education, with the goal of transforming schools into centers of innovation and excellence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This vision includes early identification of students&#8217; talents and fostering an environment that encourages creativity and innovative thinking, setting the foundation for national growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to improving the economic and social conditions of hinterland communities, ensuring that Indigenous people actively participate in and benefit from the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, 2024 During the commissioning of North West Secondary School in Region One, President Dr. Irfaan Ali highlighted his government\u2019s commitment to education, revealing an annual investment of over&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23864","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=23864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23865,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23864\/revisions\/23865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}