Ministry launches Inaugural Tech Expo

The Ministry of Education’s Innovative Technology Unit yesterday launched the inaugural Tech Expo 2022 at the National Centre of Educational Resources Development (NCERD).

A release from the ministry said that the Tech Expo 2022 theme is “Embracing traditional and non-traditional technology.” It aims to showcase creative and innovative uses of technology in face-to-face, blended, and online classrooms.

Chief Education Officer (CEO) Dr. Marcel Hutson deemed the event significant.

“We need to come to a point where we will leap into the future, we cannot afford to be left behind as the world is moving. So, if we embrace technology in whatever we do, especially modern technology we could only reach our destination faster”, he said.

The exhibitors included NCERD, the Allied Arts Department of the Ministry of Education, Demerara Distillers Limited, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph, the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute, ExxonMobil, the Government Technical Institute, the Guyana Industrial Training Centre, the Examinations Division and the Management and Information Systems Unit of the Ministry of Education.