Greater investment in education needed to meet labour demands -Urling

Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Clinton Urling says the Education Ministry must provide more resources to vocational and tertiary institutions to enable them to develop or adapt their programmes to meet new labour demands in the private sector.

In his address to graduates of the Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC), held at the Critchlow Labour College on Thursday, Urling said institutions like the GITC play an integral role in the development process as private sector companies, which are seen as the principle drivers of growth, depend on labour as a critical input into their operations.

While acknowledging that recently some steps have been taken to augment the curricula at some vocational institutions and the