Shade house, other inputs to boost Agri Science Dept at Corentyne High School

Students of the Corentyne Comprehensive High School’s Agriculture Science Department will soon benefit from improved facilities for the practical aspect of their studies following a commitment made by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha to assist the school with a shade house and other agriculture-related items.
The Minister was at the time spearheading the Government’s “Because We Care” cash grant distribution exercise in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Mustapha, who is a past student of the school, said that the Ministry was in the process of implementing several transformative projects to get more young people involved in agriculture.

“The Ministry of Agriculture will be donating a shade house to the school along with a set of agriculture tools. We’ll also work along with them to develop their poultry rearing activities. GLDA [Guyana Livestock Development Authority] will help them with the building the pens and supply the birds so that the school can benefit from an all-around agriculture operation,” the Minister is quoted in a release from the Ministry as saying.
As it relates to the grant, Mustapha said that the Government was keen on developing the country’s human resource capacity so that the other sectors could also develop. Noting the importance of the grant, the Minister said that the Government was going to continue to offer assistance to Guyanese to further their education.
“This grant is intended to aid parents because we know many parents find it hard to get critical supplies like books, stationery, and even school uniforms for their children to attend school. I want to urge you, the parents, to use the monies to purchase the necessary school supplies for your children. The Government is already providing free textbooks for public school students. The best foundation for a child’s future is a sound education. We can have all the natural resources and wealth in the world, but if we do not develop our human resources, we’ll continue to remain poor. That is why, as a Government, we are making the largest budgetary allocation to the education sector, because we recognise the importance of education,” Mustapha said.
In addition to the cash grant, Mustapha also said that the Government recently awarded thousands of fully-funded scholarships for persons to study at a number of prestigious educational institutions across the world. This, he said, was also in keeping with the Government’s commitment to ensure the country’s human resources were developed in addition to making more academic opportunities available to Guyanese.
Mustapha also participated in the distribution exercise at the Tain Primary School. At the end of the exercise, approximately $37,620,000 was distributed at the two centres.