Citing the results of the National Grade Six Assessment and the attendant large number of students being “left behind,” leader of APNU, David Granger says that “education apartheid” is returning to Guyana.
The APNU leader made the comment while speaking on the occasion of the 28th death anniversary of former president Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, who founded the People’s National Congress. “Brigadier Granger said that Burnham’s commitment to the decolonization of the education system in Guyana saw the establishment of the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus; the Cyril Potter College of Education; the many Multilateral Schools and other secondary schools that were built by self-help. He explained that Guyana National Service was established by Mr. Burnham not only to address the serious youth unemployment problem that faced the nation but also to give Guyanese youth a second chance at gaining an education,” a statement from APNU yesterday said.
Education Minister Priya Manickchand has said that quality education is available across Guyana. “Because of equal access, because of equity across the system, because of those deliberate policies to make sure
