Cramming is not education

In Guyana getting a good education is defined as getting good exam results. And getting good exam results involves going to school twice – to school itself and, more importantly, to “extra lessons.”

This double dose of teaching deprives children and young people of an absolutely vital part of their lives – that part which should be spent in games and recreation, in pursuing hobbies and developing creative talents which have nothing to do with any exam syllabus,