Global education fund grants $340M to Guyana

Education Minister Priya Manickchand (right) with Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Global Partnership of Education and former Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has approved a US$1.7M ($340M) grant for Guyana which will be used for early childhood education in the hinterland.

This was disclosed yesterday in a release from the Ministry of Education. It said that at the last meeting of the Board of