Guyana ahead in regional implementation of ICT Project

Jan 11, 2020 News

More than 440 teachers from 28 schools across the country are currently undergoing training in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
This training forms part of the ProFuturo Project, which is an education programme launched in 2016 by Telefónica Foundation in collaboration with “La Caixa” Foundation.

ProFuturo Building

Officials from ProFuturo

The Foundation has as its mission narrowing the education gap in the world by providing quality digital education for children in vulnerable environments in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
This is in keeping with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Developmental Goal (SDG) #4 which aims to provide access to equitable and inclusive quality education for all.
The goal of the programme in Guyana is to train over 5,000 students in communities across the 10 Administrative Regions. These students come from Fort Ordinance, Gangaram, New Amsterdam, Overwinning, Mabaruma, Barabina, Wauna, Betsy Ground, Cumberland, Edinburg, Rose Hall Estate, Sandvoort, Sheet Anchor, One Mile, Wismar, Wismar Hill, Christianburg, Bamia, Lochaber, Amelia’s Ward, Coomacka, and McKenzie. Some of the schools are Regma, St. Aidens, Watooka Day, St. Aloysius, St. Therese’s,
Guyana signed an agreement with ProFuturo Foundation and the Organisation of American States (OAS) for the introduction of the programme last May.
The Pilot phase of this programme was recently launched at the Hosororo Primary School in Region One, Barima-Waini.
Of the five Caribbean countries chosen to benefit from the programme, only Guyana met the necessary implementation criteria to launch the programme.

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