Govt invests in improving education with GLC’s Digital Channels launch
…Digital Learning TV Box also offered
President Dr Irfan Ali on Saturday launched the Guyana Learning Channel’s (GLC) Digital Channels, at the Leonora Track and Field Facility on Saturday, as the Education Ministry began the distribution of the digital box.
The newly expanded network will now feature six new digital channels along with its existing analog channel.
President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali addressing the gathering at the launch
After a successful testing phase, the channels, now fully operational, will deliver a diverse range of educational content to learners in Guyana.
The expanded digital lineup now includes GLC Junior, a channel for preschoolers; GLC Elementary for primary students, and GLC Teen that is targeted toward secondary students.
In addition, GLC Plus is a channel that focuses on Guyanese culture, history, folklore and national development; GLC Discovers features science, industry insights, career exploration and skill development, as GLC Elevate focuses on adult learners and offers literacy programmes, vocational training and Do it Yourself (DIY) skills among others for personal development.
To ensure that each household can access these enhanced digital channels, GLC distributed Digital TV boxes, which allow non-digital TV sets to receive superior digital signals.
Minister of Education, Priya Manikchand speaking at the launch
“I want to congratulate the Ministry of Education on further improving the digital platform through which accessibility to education, through which innovative approach to learning and through which a dynamic learning environment is created to enhance learning,” the President expressed in brief remarks at the launch.
This [Digital TV box] and the Digital School will complement each other, so that our children can learn in an environment that they will have to operate in. Five years from now or less, your children will be operating in a completely new environment. An environment that is highly digitised, an environment in which AI (artificial intelligence) will be playing the lead role,” the head of state noted.
Eligible families are those with a child in school, who will benefit most from the initiative.
