Gov’t moving to revamp School of Agriculture curriculum

The government is moving to revamp the curriculum of the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) and discussions are being held with a visiting team from the South Carolina State University in the US.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha met with a team from the University which is meeting with various academic bodies in hopes of establishing institutional linkages within the agriculture sector.

During the meeting,  Mustapha indicated that the government was working to better equip young individuals who wish to pursue a career in agriculture, a release from the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday. He also said that the government was working to make the sector less labour-intensive and more profitable.