THE Ministry of Education launched its Culture Village and Art Exhibition 2013 on Monday morning at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown. 

The event is the first of the ‘Week of Events’ planned by the Ministry of Education in honour of the visiting delegates from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and the top awardees for the Caribbean Examinations.
Guyana will be hosting the 45th Annual Caribbean Examinations Council Governance Meeting later this week. In honour of the event the Ministry of Education is hosting a Culture Village and Art Exhibition to showcase Guyanese talent and arts at the Umana Yana.
Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam, welcomed visitors to the exhibition and declared it open for viewing. He said: “The 45th CXC Governance meeting will put Guyana on display; hence the Ministry of Education agreed to host this Culture Exhibition to display all aspects of Guyana’s culture; the things that make Guyana wonderful that we are proud of.”
Superintendent of Examinations and Local Registrar for CXC, Saudia Kadir, assured the Guyana Chronicle that the Culture Village and Art exhibition is open to the public. She said: “The culture village is open to the public so all are invited to come out and enjoy this wonderful display of Guyanese culture, not only the delegates.”
The exhibition includes a display of Guyanese art and craft, clothing, paintings, pottery, leather and coconut products and even items made of corn starch.
The management of the Guyana Entertainment magazine also participated in the event by donating several complimentary copies of the locally produced lifestyle and entertainment magazine.
The Culture Village and Art Exhibition will be opened from Monday December 2 to Friday December 6 at Umana Yana from 099:00hrs to 17.00 hrs daily.
The Ministry of Education plans a ‘Week of Events’ in honour of the delegates and awardees visiting Guyana for the 45th Annual Caribbean Examinations Council Governance Meeting which will be hosted by Guyana on Friday morning.
The week of events began with the Culture Village and Art Exhibition at the Umana Yana which opened yesterday morning and will continue until Friday afternoon. The CXC delegates and top awardees will be taken on a trip to Kaieteur Falls and Baganara Resort on Tuesday.
And courtesy calls will be conducted tomorrow morning to President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader David Granger as well as other top Guyanese officials. In the afternoon, there will be a stakeholders meeting at the International Conference Centre to allow head teachers and teachers to raise any concerns and queries they might have regarding the Caribbean Examinations Council.
In addition, the opening of the official meeting and the Awards Ceremony will be held at the National Cultural Centre on Thursday evening.
And finally the 45th Governance Meeting will be held on Friday morning, and the entire week of events will come to an end with a press conference on Friday afternoon.

(By Tash Van Doimen)