Ministry applauds city students for 98% attendance rate

Pupils of the East Street Nursery reciting a poem at the Ministry of Education’s Schools Welfare Services attendance rally.

Minister of Education Shaik Baksh said the school drop-out rate is now half that of that recorded five years ago, at a rally for students to honour schools in Georgetown that have achieved a 98% attendance rate.

According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release the minister said all education districts have recorded increased attendance rates and over the last five years there has been an upward trend. In his address to students at