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Eligibility:

The Ministry of Education is pleased to inform that Guyana has achieved Millennium Development Goal number 2. This means that every child in Guyana of the relevant age cohort can access primary education.

The Government of Guyana provides access to free education at the Nursery, Primary and Secondary Levels. The National Policy provides for compulsory education from ages five years and six months to fifteen years.

Mission Statement

The main objective of the Education Planning Unit is to provide effective support to the Ministry of Education in its development, implementation and monitoring of education policies and plans.

The Distribution Unit comprises of two activities head namely, the Book Distribution Unit and the Special Projects Unit. The unit operates in collaboration with other key departments of the Ministry of Education with…

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Philosophy:

This unit is headed by the DCEO (Administration). It has the responsibility of ensuring that all Education Districts comply fully with the Education Act, Policies and Regulations developed by the Ministry of Education…

Monitoring of education delivery in the eleven Education Districts will be done by the Monitoring, Evaluating, Reporting and Development Unit, headed by the Deputy Chief Education Officer (MERD) which will be located at…

This unit has been established to coordinate Health, Nutrition and HIV / AIDS related policies throughout the eleven Education Districts. This Unit is headed by a Coordinator who has a reporting relationship to the…

Management Information Systems Unit is a sub-unit of the Central Planning Unit.