{"id":26873,"date":"2025-03-12T13:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26873"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:55:20","slug":"president-ali-commissions-exceptional-learners-centre-in-region-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-commissions-exceptional-learners-centre-in-region-two\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Commissions Exceptional Learners&#8217; Centre in Region Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kristin Josiah<\/em><br><em>February 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President <strong>Dr. Irfaan Ali<\/strong> today commissioned the <strong>Exceptional Learners&#8217; Centre<\/strong> at <strong>Cotton Field, Region Two<\/strong>, a specialized facility designed to cater to children with <strong>physical and learning disabilities<\/strong>, including <strong>autism and speech impairment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>centre offers a range of activities<\/strong> aimed at enhancing students&#8217; learning experiences, including <strong>art, music, yoga, mathematics, science, social studies, language, reading, and storytelling<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the commissioning, President Ali reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to <strong>expanding special needs education<\/strong>, stating that a <strong>special needs learning facility will be established in every region<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To further support students, the President announced that <strong>a school bus will be provided by the end of the month<\/strong> to transport learners from their homes to the centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>94.7 million dollar<\/strong> project was funded by the <strong>Government of Guyana<\/strong> through the <strong>Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF)<\/strong> and executed by <strong>Builder\u2019s Engineering &amp; Architectural Consultancy<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BNTF, a grant-funded programme by the <strong>Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)<\/strong>, aims to <strong>reduce poverty and increase access to quality education<\/strong> for children with special needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CDB President Daniel Best<\/strong> expressed his satisfaction with the project&#8217;s completion and its positive impact on learners, emphasizing the importance of <strong>equitable access to education<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali also encouraged the <strong>CDB to share the school\u2019s model<\/strong> with other Caribbean nations, highlighting its <strong>high standards and advanced design<\/strong> that meet and exceed international benchmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Exceptional Learners&#8217; Centre<\/strong> is expected to significantly improve educational opportunities for children with special needs in Region Two, setting a precedent for similar facilities across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kristin JosiahFebruary 12, 2025 President Dr. Irfaan Ali today commissioned the Exceptional Learners&#8217; Centre at Cotton Field, Region Two, a specialized facility designed to cater to children with physical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873","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=26873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26874,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873\/revisions\/26874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}