Africo Selman, the Advisor to the Minister of Education is currently in Japan to participate in the 19th Science and Technology Forum as well as the 19th Science and Technology Ministers’ Roundtable, October 1, 2022, to October 4, 2022.
A release from the Ministry of Education said that the participants consist of Ministers and Equivalents and Vice Ministers and Equivalents from 50 countries. Guyana is being represented by Selman.
The theme on which discussions are centred at the Ministers’ Roundtable is “Mission-oriented research and post Covid-19 Society and Science, Technology and Innovations”.
The participants’ focus is that Science, Techno-logy and Innovation do not only constitute a driving force for economic and financial growth but significantly contribute to mitigating and solving global challenges such as climate change and poverty in a fundamental manner.
