THE Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Caribbean Sport and Development Agency (CSDA), yesterday hosted a Jump Rope Skipathon for primary school teachers and students from the eleven Education Districts across the country.

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The Children’s Mashramani Activities officially became the responsibility of the Ministry of Education in February, 1992. The Unit of Allied Arts within the Ministry of Education was tasked with implementing programmes to showcase the talents of children in Guyana. The Unit is the centre for coordination and integration of the Expressive Arts – Dance, Music, Physical Education and Visual Arts in sequenced modules in the School System of Guyana.

Because of its mandate, the Allied Arts Unit expanded the scope of the Children’s Mashramani activities to include competitions of Dance, Dramatic Poetry, Calypso, Costume, Steel pan, Physical Education and Masquerade for children.

The Objectives of the Mashramani Programme are:-

In the promotion of the Expressive Arts, the Unit relies on the stakeholders for successful implementation of its programme and these include:Schools, Parent Teacher Associations, Departments within the Ministry of Education, Government and Non-Governmental organisations, the Private Sector and the wider Community.

We invite you to share your thoughts, skills and experiences for improving the Expressive Arts programme for the young people of Guyana.

Visual Arts is the combination of Art, Craft and Design. It embodies theoretical and practical activities of Drawing, Imaginative Composition, Graphic Design, Print Making, 3-Dimensional Design, Fiber Arts, Surface Decoration (Textile) Ceramics, Leather Craft and Decorative Craft.