Of the five ‘new generation’ subjects launched earlier this week across the Caribbean as part of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Guyana will more likely than not be most interested in Agriculture Science, Tourism and Entrepreneurship.
For Guyana, all three areas are much more than academic disciplines. They are, as well, important economic sectors; agriculture remains an indispensable part of the Guyana economy while tourism has long been an area of significant investment, not matched by commensurate returns. As for entrepreneurship, its emergence as an academic discipline coincides with modest opportunities now available on account of the creation of a local Small Business Bureau to expand the frontiers of self-employment in Guyana.
The new CAPE Agriculture Science subject was launched in Georgetown on Wednesday where the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) Acting Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch made the altogether pertinent comment on the overcrowded public sector in the Caribbean and the need to begin to produce more skills that can be
