Government has announced that approximately 3,500 applications have been received and are currently being processed by the Guyana Online Academy for Learning (GOAL) – the institution tasked with managing the overall operational and functional components of the 20,000 free online scholarship initiative over the next five years.
According to a press release, the applications received represent online and hard copy submissions from all 10 administrative regions for the 108 programmes being offered – some of which require no formal academic qualifications.