The Guyana Government has decided to fund 20,000 scholarships for various online degree and certificate programmes, which are going to be housed under the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL). On the surface, the GOAL proposes several interesting subjects that could possibly complement the education services already provided by the University of Guyana and other post-secondary institutions. For example, degree programmes in cyber security, special education, data science, robotics, as well as certificates in food and nutrition, disaster management, rural development and a few others appear to fill important niches.