Though the Ministry of Education organised a massive countrywide exercise last week to distribute the $30,000 schoolchildren’s cash grant, just over 10,000 of those grants have not been collected.

All secondary school students in Guyana could have job-ready, technical and vocational skills and certification by the time they complete their studies as the Ministry of Education is pushing both academic and economic ‘viability’.

STUDENTS will soon be exposed to job-ready, technical and vocational skills and certification as the Ministry of Education is forging ahead with plans to advance the delivery of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) countrywide.

The Milo Schools Under-18 Football title will remain with the lads of Christianburg/Wismar Secondary after a comprehensive 3-1 victory over North Ruimveldt Secondary at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, on Sunday evening.

–with rollout of education cash grant
–Education Minister says every school-aged child will benefit

THE Ministry of Education on Tuesday began the distribution of the education cash grant across the country as parents of school-aged children turned up at schools to uplift their vouchers in the sum of $30,000.

The Because We Care Cash Grant distribution began yesterday across Guyana with parents and guardians turning up at distribution points to uplift the $30,000 allotted to their children

– Min. Manickchand

Parents of students attending private schools are being assured that their children will benefit from the government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant on the stipulated date, whether they have paid school fees or not.