The Ministry added 37 new secondary schools to the existing 116, with plans to deliver universal secondary education by this year. According to Manickchand, the government’s move to construct these schools was marked by a severe shortage of space for students, also keeping in line with their promise to deliver universal primary, secondary and nursery education. 

READ | The Macushi village of Massara in the North Rupununi Region Nine will soon welcome its first secondary school building which will be built at a cost of $182 million.

READ | Following the discovery of a highly unsafe environment for both teachers and children in a building that was being rented for the Dorcas Club nursery school the Ministry of Education today said that it has made arrangements for the relocation from the Dorcas Club Nursery School.