“If we will eradicate poverty, we must have a proper education system.” These were the words of APNU’s leader David Granger at a Youth Symposium hosted by Community College yesterday.
The theme of the symposium was ‘Empowerment Thru’ Education,’ and the main opposition’s presidential candidate addressed some key issues affecting Guyana’s youth in relation to the education system. According to Granger, there are three major crises affecting our youth; the employment crisis, the education crisis, and the empowerment crisis. The politician noted that August of last year marked the end of a barely recognized International Year of Youth, and throughout the entire year of celebration there were no events to mark it until about two days before it ended. With this in mind, he said that APNU’s overall scheme is to have a Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment (PAYE), and one item on the agenda is to establish an annual Youth Week celebration in the month of August, when the activities and attention would be centred entirely on the youth. This, he said would ensure the recognition of the importance of youth to the country.
In the field of education, Granger promised that once his party is in power, he will ensure that “you [youth] belong to something called an ‘Education Nation.’” He promised to
