IN commemoration of education month 2019 and Education Day Friday, September 13, 2019, the Ministry of Education held a mural painting exercise at the Kingston seawall with several Secondary, Primary and Nursery schools in the Georgetown district.

The schools in attendance were St. Joseph’s High, North Georgetown secondary and primary, Stella Maris primary and nursery, Precious Jewels nursery and the David Rose Special School.

Brian Clarke, a visual arts teacher at the St. Joseph’s high school and coordinator of the exercise, explained the meaning of the paintings that were installed during the exercise. According to him, the paintings were depicting the good life following the extraction of oil and the fact that Guyana was a tourism destination and a growing economy.

Volika Jaikishun, the Principle Education Officer, explained to the Guyana Chronicle, that the exercise was part of the Education Month activities and students from various schools, with the guidance of a few teachers, were painting educational murals along the seawall based on the theme ‘Education: the Key to National Development’.

Jaikishun also noted that, several other events were planned for the celebration of Education Month in the Georgetown district. On September 17, the North Georgetown secondary will have the opening of an e-library.

On September 20, at the National Culture Centre there will be an attendance award ceremony. Thus learners who made maximum attendance and schools which registered excellent attendance will be rewarded.