$36.5 M Anna Catherina Early Childhood Development Centre commissioned.

There is a popular concept, which says that whatever a child learns from age zero to eight, is often the lessons that will play an immense role in molding him/her into a better adult. Hence the need for quality early childhood development is important, if we are to see a future generation of intelligent adults.

Amerindian Peoples Plan (APP) Guyana Early Childhood Education Project Draft - 7/1/2014

The objective the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Grant for Early Childhood Education Project is “to improve emergent literacy and numeracy outcomes for children at the nursery level and primary Grade 1 in hinterland regions and targeted remote riverine areas.”

This objective would be achieved through the implementation of four project components:

1. Capacity Building for Nursery and Grade 1 Teachers in Hinterland Regions and Targeted Remote Riverine Areas;
2. Provision of Early Childhood Education Resource Kits to all Nursery and Grade 1 Classes in Hinterland Regions and Targeted Remote Riverine Areas;

Early Childhood Development Centre opens in Linden

An Early Childhood Development Centre has officially been opened in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice).

Early childhood development guide

– Guyana launches national sensitisation workshop on Early Childhood Development

First Batch of Early Childhood Development Centres licensed

The Ministry of Social Protection today (Thursday, December 29, 2016) took the historic step and licensed 13 Early Childhood Care Centres from around the country.

In order to obtain this licence the facilities had to meet the minimum standards outlined in the Childcare and Development Services Act 2011 and Childcare and Development Regulations of 2016 including valid police clearances for all staff, food handlers certificates for all employees who have direct contact with the children’s food or snack, an evacuation plan in cases of emergency and other structural and physical requirements.

Multimillion Wismar Early Childhood Centre creating employment for residents

– 45 children catered for