The Waramuri Secondary School in Region One was commissioned on Wednesday, with the Government seeing it as an example of closing the gap with the education offerings in the Hinterland and the Coast.
The school was designed to accommodate close to 400 children from Waramuri and neighbouring villages.
The President noted the investments that have been made by Government in the education sector. He said with a plan to expose Hinterland students to various fields of education, more science laboratories will be added to secondary schools in the Hinterland areas.
“We believe that secondary education is not only another tier of education but secondary education is about preparing you for the journey of life, it is about that important step that gives you the opportunity to realize your true and full potential. So, today, whether you want to be a trained teacher, a doctor, a nurse, a pharmacist, an engineer, an agriculturalist, a technician, whatever you want to be, you know that this government would invest so that you can achieve it right here in Region One, right here in your community,” President Ali said.
Noting the need for ongoing investment in education, President Ali said the investment is now taking place at every level in the education sector.
“The education system is not only catering for our children but giving our teenagers, giving our young people and giving every segment of our population an opportunity to be educated regardless of your age and to contribute to the development of our country. And that is important. We are investing in technical education, we are investing in remedial education, we are investing in education to improve your efficiency and your business, that is the development of women entrepreneurs, we are investing in financial education, we are investing so that we can have a more efficient population so that they could enjoy the full fruits of their labour,” President Ali said.
Meanwhile, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand said access to quality education continues to be a focus of the Government, while also addressing the infrastructural needs of educational institutions.
“We have built over the last three and a half years in this country, 67 nursery schools across Guyana, 67 nursery schools. We have built 45 primary schools, and we have built or are building 42 secondary schools…Right here in Region One, we have built seven nursery schools, 16 primary schools, and we have built or are building six secondary schools right here in Region One. That’s the access we talk about,” the Education Minister reported.
Hosororo Secondary, Kwebanna Secondary and Matthews Ridge Secondary are among the secondary schools under construction. With the construction of those schools, Minister Manickchand said children will be able to pursue their secondary education right at home in Region One, and not have to travel to the city to for quality secondary education.
She also announced that more teachers are being trained to meet the expansion of secondary education.
“In the history of Guyana, we have only ever been able to train 1,500 teachers. We are not only training more teachers, we had 7,000 teachers when we came into office in 2020, just over 7,000. We now have just over 15,000 teachers in 2025. So, we have more teachers and we have better trained and more trained teachers, which will bring in a higher quality education to your children,” Minister Manickchand said.
She said more than 80% of teachers in the Hinterland region are now trained and new teachers are being recruited to fill the gap.
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