{"id":23917,"date":"2024-11-07T13:53:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23917"},"modified":"2024-11-07T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:53:10","slug":"7-billion-investment-in-education-in-region-one-president-ali-highlights-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/7-billion-investment-in-education-in-region-one-president-ali-highlights-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"$7 Billion Investment in Education in Region One: President Ali Highlights Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 15, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced that his government has invested over 7 billion dollars into the education sector in Region One over the past few years, aiming to enhance human resources and foster greater competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a breakdown of the government&#8217;s contributions to education in the region, President Ali outlined several key investments, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More than 1.8 billion dollars allocated under the &#8220;Because We Care Grant.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 226 million dollars invested in school grants between 2023 and the present year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 billion dollars spent on maintenance and construction of schools to improve teaching and learning environments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 80 million dollars spent on textbooks for students in the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The President emphasized that these investments are leading to increased participation from indigenous communities in various fields, with over 50% of participants in the national nursing program and the officer cadet program in the Guyana Police Force, Guyana Defence Force, and other services coming from hinterland and riverine communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Region One has seen significant development across various sectors, including housing, education, health, and infrastructure, thanks to these strategic investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delicia Janneire for NCN News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 15, 2024 President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced that his government has invested over 7 billion dollars into the education sector in Region One over the past few years, aiming&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23917","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\/23917","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=23917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23918,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23917\/revisions\/23918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}