20 hinterland communities to benefit from e-services

…as gov’t rolls out pilot project

Close to $20M in Micro Grants disbursed to Regions 5 & 6 farmers

−to reduce the impact of natural hazards such as floods and droughts.

Education on the move!

—Ministry of Education begins drafting ‘Vision 2030’ Education Sector Plan

— plan will transform education delivery in Guyana

Guyanese students participating in Youth Climate Change Conference

Guyana has fielded a team of four students to the Youth Climate Change Conference (YCCC) being held in Jamaica. The group includes Yevnie Sukra of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School, Suphane Dash of St. Stanislaus College, Aadilah Ali of Queen's College and Christine Rose Archer of St. Roses High School.

School feeding programme to be strengthened

Guyana’s school feeding programme will soon be strengthened after a visit to Victoria Brazil headed by the First Lady H.E Sandra Granger between October 8-10 last.

UG gets $5M for Constitutional Reform education

− Constitutional Reform Education project a collaboration among OPM, UNDP and UG

− Constitutional Reform is not for “sloganeering” – PM Nagamootoo

− “It’s a journey, that is not a sprint but it’s a marathon and along marathons, there are important milestones, and this is an important milestone.” – Prof. Griffith

Unfair and unequal: new UNDP report sheds light on discontent in Latin America and the Caribbean

The demonstrations sweeping across Latin America and the Caribbean signal that, despite decades of economic growth and prosperity, perceptions of unfairness and loss of dignity persist, particularly among the region’s middle class and historically marginalized.

World Teachers Day 2018 - Message by Director-General, UNESCO

Joint Message from the heads of UNESCO, ILO, UNICEF, Education International and UNDP on the occasion of World teachers Day, 5 October 2018