New material for nursery education come next year

Roraima Readers, a new series of books for nursery-age children will be introduced in schools across Guyana come next year, following a successful pilot of the educational material.

Speaking at her end-of-year press conference at Cara Lodge yesterday, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand also announced the implementation of the changed age requirement for nursery school entrance. She said too that locally written text books would be produced, which would increase access to books by students and that the Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies and Science syllabuses would be reviewed.

The Roraima Readers, a new series of 6 books covering the nursery curriculum, was piloted beginning in September this year,