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Phillipai to get new $83M nursery school building
Kaieteur News- The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Seven will soon begin the construction of a new nursery school for Phillipai Village, Upper Mazaruni, at an estimated cost of $83 million.
The Phillipai Nursery School in Region Seven. (Photo courtesy, National Data Management Authority/ Facebook)
An invitation for bids released by the regional administration states that bids will open on April 10 at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office.
This publication understands that the new structure which will replace the current wooden building, will provide a more spacious environment for children and will be equipped with all necessities for learning.
Having been allocated $5.7 billion from this year’s budget, the school project will form part of the $3.2 billion which was set aside for education delivery in the region.
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that having already achieved universal primary education, the intention now is for Guyana to achieve universal nursery and secondary education.
“What universal means, it means all over. So, all over Guyana, we want nursery aged children to be able to access nursery schools and nursery education in Guyana is not compulsory as yet, but we have registered the highest enrollment in the Commonwealth Caribbean at more than 85 percent of our nursery age cohort attending nursery school,” she had said.
Manickchand said where there is a gap, it would be where there are not enough schools and that is mostly in the hinterland regions.
Noting the importance of nursery education, the education minister at the commissioning ceremony last year stated that if nursery teachers put out children who cannot read at their grade level, then the entire system feels that.
“They go into grade one and struggle, to grade two and struggle, reach grade six and can’t write a single word on the NGSA paper, and so, this is the level where we’re investing significantly to ensure they’re getting the foundation they need,” she said at the time.
The government has completed over 30 new nursery schools, reconstructed seven, extended four and construction is ongoing for over 25 more new nursery schools across the country.
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