{"id":27553,"date":"2025-12-08T14:44:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27553"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:44:21","slug":"guyana-digital-school-a-major-step-in-building-guyanas-economy-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-digital-school-a-major-step-in-building-guyanas-economy-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Digital School a major step in building Guyana&#8217;s economy of the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><a>President Dr Irfaan Ali has hailed the Guyana Digital School as a landmark achievement, recognizing the dedication of teachers, stakeholders, and the potential of the nation\u2019s youth.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the launch, the President said the school addresses the urgent need to prepare students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, equipping them with skills in data, automation, AI, robotics, biotechnology, and digital integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ali-2-1024x655.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ali-2-1024x655.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ali-2-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ali-2-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ali-2-1536x983.png 1536w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ali-2-2048x1311.png 2048w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ali-2-155x99.png 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Dr. Irfaan Ali (File photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a>He stated that students will gain hands-on experience in digitally connected, high-tech environments, ensuring they are ready for a rapidly changing world.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tracy-GDS-1-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the school will provide students across Guyana and CARICOM with the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed, fulfilling a vision of \u201cone Region, one future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tracy-GDS-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali says the Digital School represents a major step in building Guyana\u2019s economy of the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr Irfaan Ali has hailed the Guyana Digital School as a landmark achievement, recognizing the dedication of teachers, stakeholders, and the potential of the nation\u2019s youth. Speaking at the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,365,362,363,350],"tags":[406,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-27553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-human-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-national-transformation","category-news","tag-406","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27553","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27557,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27553\/revisions\/27557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}