Education Minister Priya Manickchand says that universal secondary education has been achieved in six of the country’s ten administrative regions.
She was speaking at the fortieth anniversary prayer brunch for the Caribbean Examinations Council on April 12 at the Umana Yana.
According to the Government Information Agency, Manickchand said that the 2013 budget allocation to the education sector will allow for achievement of universal secondary education in two additional Regions.
She listed regions 2,3,4,5,6 and 10 as the regions with universal secondary education.