Youth Coalition launches Agricola children’s literacy programme

Some of the parents and children at the launch of the Youth Coalition for Transformation’s Literacy Programme at the Agricola Community Centre.

Thirty children from the community of Agricola, on the East Bank Demerara, will benefit from a literacy programme launched yesterday.

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) is responsible for the three-month programme, which is intended to help children between the ages of 8 and 10.

The programme was launched at the Agricola Community Centre, where sessions for the classes will be conducted on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 12pm. Teaching will be done mainly from the