EU to fund CSME workshop for Guyanese teachers

Some 30 teachers from secondary schools across Guyana will today attend a workshop funded under the European Union (EU) 10th European Development Fund (EDF)-Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) and Economic Integration Programme.

The two-day workshop is geared at providing school teachers in Guyana with further knowledge on the workings of the CSME. The workshop will be hosted by the Caricom Secretariat at the Church View International Hotel in Berbice.

The First to Third Form teachers will be trained in how to stimulate interest in and encourage identification of career and skills development, based on an understanding of the opportunities offered by the.

Education consultant Dr Heather Johnson has been contracted by the Secretariat to develop and conduct the training session. Coming out of this activity and based on participant feedback, a training module will be finalised and it is expected that it will become a tool for teachers in the Caricom Member States.

A similar workshop was held successfully in St Lucia in December 2016 with approximately 25 secondary school teachers. It is hoped that this intervention will equip the next generation of Caricom citizens to view the CSME as their preferred choice for employment and entrepreneurial activity.

This training workshop is part of a wider public education programme on the CSME as the Secretariat promotes the benefits of a single market and economy among Member States. Other activities undertaken under the 10th EDF include a series of Private Sector and rural community workshops, travel facilitation, public sensitisation sessions and tertiary student CSME field missions across participating Member States.

The official opening ceremony today will be addressed by Deputy Permanent Secretary within the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Neville Totaram and Senior Education Officer Carol Benn.