A study hub, which is the result of a collaboration between the government and School of the Nations, was on Wednesday commissioned in the Tiger Bay community by President Irfaan Ali and Minister of Education Priya Manickchand.
The hub is aimed at improving the academic skills of Tiger Bay youth.
According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) report, the study hub could be one of the core areas where children will go to study for both the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
President Ali also stated at the opening, “we want this facility that we are offering through the Ministry of Education in partnership with School of the Nations to address comprehensively the issue of numeracy and literacy.” He stressed that the new initiative was necessary since the way in which education is delivered has been evolving frequently.
Meanwhile, the DPI reported Manickchand as telling the parents who were present at the commissioning of the way in which the hub will positively impact their children’s’ lives along with additional attention they will receive if their academic skills are not the best.
“In every school at different levels, we are putting in a pull-out teacher, where if students are not reading at their appropriate grade level, they will get remediation within the school itself. Every single school will see that,” Manickchand said.
Furthermore, according to DPI, the Director of School of the Nations Pamela O’Toole stated that when it comes to the development of certain communities, the private institutions are always ready to help and posited that now is the time for them to do so in order to minimise education loss.
The report added that the government, Ministry of Education and School of the Nations plan to implement the initiative in other developing communities, such as Bare Root on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), Bath Settlement on the West Coast of Berbice (WCB), Canje, East Berbice, and along the Soes-dyke-Linden Highway.
