Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary wins first round of JOF Haynes debates

The winning team representing the Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School receiving their trophy from the Assistant Chief Education Officer (Secondary), Tiffany Harvey. (Ministry of Education photo)

The 2022 edition of the JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary School Debating Competition was launched yesterday and the Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School emerged as the winner of the first round against the Fort Wellington Secondary School.

A release from the Ministry of Education said that the competition was launched in Region Five at the Latchmansingh Primary School Annex.

The two teams debated the moot: The rapid increase in private schooling in Guyana is an indictment of the public education system.