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GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government of Guyana is planning to provide free education to students attending the University of Guyana, by the end of 2024.
The announcement was made by President Dr Irfaan Ali as he delivered a virtual address at the Guyana’s 50th Republic Awards Ceremony and Cultural Presentation organised by the Guyana Consulate in Canada on Sunday night
Ali disclosed that his administration was 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 per cent, the cash grant per student from $10, 000 to $15 000. We are committed to increasing this by almost 300 per cent in the coming years.”
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File photo. Many highways in Guyana are planned to be upgraded as infrastructure projects take off. President Ali is urging all Guyanese expatriates to return home and invest in their native country.
December 29th, 2020–President Mohamed Irfaan Ali urged Guyanese living in Canada to return home to invest as he signaled his Government’s commitment to ensuring an enabling environment for economic prosperity.
The Head of State made his ardent appeal, last evening, via an Internet speech during the feature address at the Guyanese Republic Jubilee Awards Ceremony and Presentation organised by the Guyana Consulate in Canada.
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.”
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