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Primary Education in Guyana Leaving Many Behind

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September 30, 2022
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Last week President Irfaan Ali, while delivering remarks as co-chair of the Transforming Education Summit Leaders Roundtable Discussion, which is a part of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said Guyana’s education system will ensure “no one is left behind.”

Truth be told the education system is leaving many behind. Primary education delivery in Guyana, when compared with others around the world, is ranked 28 place from the bottom and pupil-teacher ratio placed 53 from the bottom.

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The statistics immediately below, produced by Guyana, are dismal. They show many children are being left behind, through no fault of theirs, but the fault of governmental policies and an education system that have not kept pace with children’s unique developmental needs. Figures do not lie.

The figures below acknowledge students who receive 30 per cent marks or higher in a given subject area. Percentages are lowered thereby creating false perception children are doing better when in fact they are doing worse.

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Guyana’s official language is English. Yet 47 percent of 14,703 children writing the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations are scoring 30 per cent or higher in the subject area. Less than half of primary school children are scoring in English when taking the dismal 30 percent marks into consideration.

Statistical review showed some improvement from 2017-2021 but still not good enough.

Below is Guyana’s ranking on the world stage between 2000-2012 as prepared by NationMaster. NationMaster is an online database that tracks statistics released from organisations such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), World Bank, World Trade Organisation (WTO), Institute of Statistics, and many others. The information produced by the body is used by universities, governments, corporate and international institutions.

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Average years of schooling of adults 6.2 2000 48th out of 100
Children out of school, primary 25,072 2011 59th out of 116
Children out of school, primary per 1000 31.7 2011 16th out of 116
Children out of school, primary, female 8,693 2011 59th out of 102
College and university > Gender parity index 2.39 2011 4th out of 91
College and university > Share of total education spending 5.06% 2012 17th out of 18
Compulsary education duration 11 2012 20th out of 109
Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 3.19% 2012 14th out of 22
High school enrolment rate 93.17 2007 56th out of 96
Literacy > Total population 98.8% 2003 31st out of 161
Primary education, duration > Years 6 2012 29th out of 200
Primary education, teachers per 1000 5.07 2011 54th out of 134
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 24.59 2011 53th out of 131
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 20.86 2011 29th out of 99
Secondary education, duration > Years 5 2012 167th out of 197



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