{"id":26288,"date":"2025-02-08T22:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26288"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:58:04","slug":"government-surpasses-goal-scholarship-target-awarding-nearly-30000-to-guyanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-surpasses-goal-scholarship-target-awarding-nearly-30000-to-guyanese\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Surpasses GOAL Scholarship Target, Awarding Nearly 30,000 to Guyanese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan | January 11, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a remarkable achievement, the government has awarded nearly 30,000 scholarships to Guyanese citizens through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) initiative, exceeding its initial pledge of 20,000 scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, shared this milestone during a year-end press briefing, emphasizing the program&#8217;s success in making higher education more accessible to citizens across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception, a total of 29,758 scholarships have been granted to Guyanese, enabling them to pursue degrees, master&#8217;s programs, doctoral studies, and postgraduate diplomas at foreign universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GOAL initiative has been lauded for its inclusivity, with a notable gender breakdown: 21,436 of the scholarship recipients are women, and 8,322 are men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Manickchand highlighted how many women have balanced family responsibilities while pursuing higher education, preparing themselves for future workforce opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also noted that men were able to continue working while upgrading their skills through the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GOAL program is a partnership between the Ministries of Education and Public Service, aimed at empowering Guyanese citizens by providing opportunities for higher learning at no cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative has helped to ensure that citizens from all regions, including remote areas, have access to education and career advancement, despite challenges such as limited internet access and devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This achievement marks a significant step toward fulfilling the government&#8217;s vision of expanding educational opportunities for all Guyanese, regardless of gender or location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan | January 11, 2025 In a remarkable achievement, the government has awarded nearly 30,000 scholarships to Guyanese citizens through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) initiative,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26288","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\/26288","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=26288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26289,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26288\/revisions\/26289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}