The Guyana Sugar Corporation’s Port Mourant Apprentice Training Centre will not be closed or divested as government is currently working to take account of the needs of the oil industry in its curriculum.
“Essentially, I would like to see how government can support this important institution so it can remain relevant in the changing times… and not become obsolete,” Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday told Stabroek News from Berbice, where he visited the school.
“There is much offshore activity in the waters near the Guyana/Suriname border and in Suriname itself so the belief is that Berbice can be a critical region for the provision of goods and services,” he added.
Expressing concern about the