Education ministry launches online learning platform

Priya Manickchand

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday launched its Online Learning Platform for education delivery, which will initially target Grade Seven teachers and students.

The platform would see the utilization of Microsoft tools by educators to enhance learning and delivery of education during and after the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Director of the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) Quenita Walrond-Lewis revealed during the virtual launch that the initiative, which is a collaboration between the MoE, the Global Partnership for Education and UNICEF, is a component of the COVID-19 Accelerated Funding Project (AFP), the sole purpose of which is to support the continuity of learning for children across Guyana.