Region 10 plans month-long activities

Education Month 2016

The Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) Department of Education is joining the rest of the nation in celebrating Education Month 2016, under the theme “Each child matters: Stakeholders unite for the enhancement of education”. The Department has planned a number of activities to mark the month-long observances, including an author’s fair, reading and elocution competitions, reading tent, the Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) moment as well as Spelling Bee, art, cooking and primary debating competitions. The author’s fair is an annual event which consists of short story and poetry competitions in the eight to eleven, twelve to fourteen and fifteen to seventeen year categories. According to information out of the Department of Education, this year’s topics include, “Why I love my country Guyana”, “Guyana, the best country in the world” and “Guyana’s Jubilee year”, for the various categories respectively.

Interested participants should note that entries must be submitted to the Region’s Department of Education, Literacy Unit by Friday, September 23. Judging for the competition will be done by a selected panel of judges and prizes presented to winners on Thursday, September 29. All participants will receive certificates, while winning entries will be on display at the National Library, Linden branch during the first week of October.

The reading competition is expected to be held on September 21, at the Mackenzie Primary School’s auditorium and according to the Region’s Department of Education, each school is entitled to two entries per category. The reading passage will be unseen and is for students of Grades Four and Five; however, the elocution passage will be taken from the primary poem: “A poet’s prayer”.

Meanwhile, the excitement is slated to continue with the hosting of the annual East versus West cooking competition at the Mackenzie High School, which will draw the participation of parents and teachers. The team leader of the East team, as revealed by the Region’s Department of Education is Charis Joseph and will see participation from Amelia’s Ward, Watooka, Regma, Mackenzie and Bamia primary schools. Team leader for the West side is Charlene Duke and will see participation from the Wismar Hill, One Mile, St Aidan’s, Christiansburg and Coomacka primary schools. Team members will include a parent and a teacher from each school, with a total of 10 persons on each team. The Department also notes that the Art competition will involve the unity of education stakeholders in the region.