Accountability challenge seen in delivering literacy programme

Three months after the Education Ministry launched a revised five-year literacy programme targeting students Grade Four and below, Minister Priya Manickchand identified accountability as the biggest challenge facing the initiative.

Manickchand made the pronouncement when questioned by Stabroek News on Friday during a year-end report on the ministry’s successes and further said that it was too early to determine the accomplishments or failures of the literacy programme.

“It’s way too early for us to determine whether it’s made a difference,” Manickchand admitted. She also explained that one of the