MP White-Griffith on Digital Education and Equity

Government Member of Parliament Mischka White-Griffith

 GOVERNMENT Member of Parliament (MP) and Chief Planning Officer at the Ministry of Education, Mischka White-Griffith, has said that the government’s expanding use of digital education platforms is helping to reduce disparities between coastal and hinterland communities.

White-Griffith made this known while making her contribution to the 2026 Budget debate, during which she said that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration is utilising technology to ensure equitable access to education nationwide. This is part of the $183.6 billion allocation to the education sector in this year’s budget.

She added that digital education is now a core pillar of national development, enabling learning to reach students in remote and underserved areas through multiple platforms rather than relying solely on traditional classrooms or internet access.

“As we are bridging the gaps between the coast and the hinterland, investments in technology are happening, and this is happening on a number of levels,” White-Griffith told the House.

Against this backdrop, she highlighted the Guyana Learning Channel, EdYou FM and the Guyana Digital School as key initiatives delivering educational content via television, radio, and digital devices. Through these platforms, learning resources from nursery to secondary level are now widely accessible across the country.

White-Griffith noted that this multi-platform approach allows education delivery, even in communities where connectivity remains a challenge, while also reflecting on how students increasingly interact with information in the digital age.

“The digital space is where our children live, so we are meeting them where they live, in that digital space, to increase engagement,” she said.

She argued that the digital-education drive is helping to standardise learning outcomes nationally, ensuring that students in hinterland and rural regions have access to the same quality of instruction as those on the coast.

To this end, she said that the technology push forms part of broader, system-wide reforms which include infrastructural development, curriculum access, and teacher training, rather than being a stand-alone initiative.

“Education is not merely a sector, it is the very heart of our national mission,” she said, adding that Budget 2026 is “fiscally strong, strategically sound and morally just.”

She added that investment in education has long been a priority for the government, even before oil revenues.

The MP emphasised that the current digital expansion reflects a long-term development strategy, rather than short-term political gain.