DESPITE there being major focus on Elections 2020, The Ministry of Education (MoE) has started planning for celebration of Guyana’s 50th Republic Anniversary with the Mashramani 2020 Costume and Float Parade.

Leading the planning committee, Permanent Secretary Mr Alfred King held a meeting on January 6, 2020, at the ministry’s boardroom to commence planning and strategising the way forward to up the ante, while increasing its numbers and competitive creativity when the bands take to the parade route in February 2020.

The planning committee has confirmed that the ministry will be moving from its usual small- contingent participation to enter the medium-band category.

The ideas that were discussed at the meeting were centred on Minister Nicolette Henry’s vision for the ministry’s participation, which is in keeping with the vision of His Excellency President David Granger to promote the Decade of the Development of a petroleum State, an Education nation, as a Green State and a Digital State.

Additionally, the Allied Arts Unit headed by Director Ms Lorraine Barker King, has commenced planning for the Regional and National Children’s Mashramani Competitions and the ultimate costume parade.