First Lady, Sandra Granger, on Tuesday urged the young people of Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) to take Information and Communication Technology (ICT) seriously and to utilise it as a tool for developing the region.
This exhortation was part of the First Lady’s address at the opening of her ICT workshop, held in the Education Boardroom at Kamarang, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of the Presidency.
“You have to prepare yourself as the young people who will inherit this country to be always learning… I want you to recognise also, how serious we are about this programme… It is a time for you to learn and also to build networks among yourselves so that you can plan how you are going to move forward and you can move forward and hopefully gain some money,” the First Lady was quoted as saying.
Granger reminded those present of the numerous other opportunities for earning apart from the oil & gas sector which is generating much excitement and anticipation. She observed that “everybody is excited about oil and gas, but I want you to remember, not everybody [should] be going into the oil and gas industry, people who are working in the industry have to be fed, they will need services, so you could focus on agriculture… How do you set up the systems where you could move your produce from farm to airstrip, to Georgetown or wherever it is?”
Former Vice-Chairman of Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven), Norma Thomas, who spoke on behalf of the Regional Chairman, Gordon Bradford, thanked the First Lady for holding the ICT workshop in the Region, adding “We want such leaders that are action people, like the First Lady, who has put everything in place.”
One of the participants, Barbalee John, a teacher at the Kamarang Primary school, expressed her gratitude for the knowledge that she will get from the training. “I think it is helpful… I can teach the children how to use a computer… [and help] with typing and so, to do records…these days people want computerised work and I think in that way I can help.”
Among those present at the opening ceremony were Senior Technical Officer of the Board of Industrial Training, Rondell Jordon; Regional Vice-Chairperson, Olinda Kyrenhoff-Griffith; Toshao of Kamarang, Clifford Melville and Vice-Toshao, McNeil Reid, the release added.
