The St Kitts Nevis Observer
Photo: Guyana Government Information Service. "This thing is going to be big."
GEORGETOWN, Guyana–December 27th, 2020–Guyana President Irfaan Ali this evening announced that his Government is working to provide free education at the University of Guyana by the end of 2024.
The Head of State was at the time delivering a virtual address at the Guyana’s 50th Republic Awards Ceremony and Cultural Presentation organized by the Guyana Consulate in Canada.
President Ali told his audience that his Government is working on creating a 21st century education system in the country.
We are providing 20,000 scholarships. We hope to provide free education at the University of Guyana by the end of 2024. In our Emergency Budget for 2020, we made provisions for doubling the uniform allowance and increasing, by 50%, the cash grant per student from $10,000 to $15,000. We are committed to increasing this by almost 300% in the coming years.”