| Private educational institutions have a role to play in enhancing the local education standard. Provisions have been made in the new education legislation to ensure this happens, says Minister of Education,Cheap Adidas Shoes, Shaik Baksh.The Minister made the announcement at the recent ceremonial opening,Nike Off White The Ten, earlier this week, of the new School of the Nations building located on New Market Street, Georgetown.According to Baksh, some 84 private educational institutions are currently in operation with a total enrollment of 12,700 students at all levels of education, representing about 6.5 per cent of the local student population.These schools, the Minister said, have a responsibility to advance the Ministry’s education agenda. He lauded the contributions being made by School of the Nations in this regard.“I commend the School of the Nations on this new thrust in education…I am sure that School of the Nations will be able to help the education system to be improved and contribute significantly to its transformation,” Baksh told the sizable gathering which included Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds, the schools Director, Dr. Brian O’ Toole,Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Online, students, parents and school officials.He viewed the latest private sector investment as a significant venture and underlined that with a stronger partnership between the private and public sectors,Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Mens, development in education will go leaps and bounds.Baksh said that the investment by School of the Nations is timely as the Government has been investing heavily in education over the past decade.“Government is firmly committed to education because it sees education as the key to the transformation of Guyana and the lives of its citizens. Education will result in growth of the economy and ensure that segments of the population move out from the stigma of poverty,” he contended.Baksh also stressed that his Ministry views the expectations,Air Max 97 White, challenges and requirements to move the sector forward as matters of priority and as such interventions being made to advance the education agenda has to place focus on the quality imperative.He reiterated too that the Ministry of Education has embarked on a teacher education reform programme that will see a redesign of the curriculum to take into account value based education and critical skills development.Prime Minister Hinds said that School of the Nations has made notable strides worthy of emulation since it began operations here some 15 years ago.And according to Dr. O’Toole, the new location will better aid him in his mission to stimulate children to learn, be creative and productive and become active participants in building a new world order.“The goal has been to help children realize that happiness and self respect is achieved through service to mankind,Undefeated Air Max 97 Australia,” he told the gathering. |
