The Ministry of Education (MoE) has debunked a Kaieteur News article this week alleging that government was printing exercise books overseas.

The article was headlined “$100M spent to ‘upgrade’ National Printers yet… Education Min. bypasses local printeries to sole-source from T&T”.

The MoE advised that the printing of exercise books and textbooks produced locally is contracted to the Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) which is a state-owned entity located at 1 Public Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, Guyana. The Education Ministry said it has no arrangement for printing of local text and exercise books with any other company as is inferred in the article.