– Highlights education as key to preparing youth to drive the country’s future development

THE Government has identified investment in young people as its most important investment, with education playing a central role in preparing Guyana’s future workforce and driving the country’s continued development.
This was according to Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, who said the Government remains firmly convinced that investing in young Guyanese is critical to determining the country’s future
“I want very simply to say…that President Irfaan Ali and his government are of the firm and unshakable conviction that there is no investment more important than an investment in the young people of our country,” Dr Singh said.
He noted that the young people currently being educated will eventually become the doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, mechanics, artists, sportsmen and women and other professionals who will shape the country.
According to the Minister, the strength of Guyana’s future will depend not only on the talents of its young people, but also on the opportunities being created for them and their willingness to take advantage of those opportunities.
He pointed to what he described as an era of opportunity in Guyana, stressing that young people are growing up in a country where opportunities are virtually boundless.
“The brilliance of that future will be determined by the diligence with which you apply yourselves and the talents that you bring to bear to your respective responsibilities and roles, and of course the manner in which you respond to the investments and the opportunities that we are currently creating,” he told recent CXC students.
Investments in the education sector are expected to help build the human capital needed to sustain the country’s economic transformation and ensure that young Guyanese are equipped to participate meaningfully in it.
Against this backdrop, he credited the Ministry of Education, teachers and education administrators for nurturing and developing the country’s future workforce, while recognising parents for the sacrifices they make to ensure their children receive quality education.
He said the recently released CXC results demonstrate that young Guyanese are responding to the opportunities available to them, but cautioned that examination results represent only one milestone in a much longer journey.
Dr Singh stressed that the benefits of the investments being made in education will extend beyond individual students, as a better-equipped generation will contribute to the country’s wider social and economic development.