Education in Guyana
Tuesday 22 May 2012
PUBLIC vs PRIVATE EDUCATION IN GUYANA
Public
schools are run and owned by the Government of Guyana, while private schools are owned by
individuals, who have to receive consent from the government and be registered
by the Ministry of Education. In most areas the private Schools are better than
the Public schools.
Statistics have shown that children who attend
private School have a better foundation than the children who attend public
schools. One of the main reasons is the classroom size. Generally the size of
classrooms in the private schools are smaller than those in the public schools,
and the teachers at the private schools are better able to cope, whereas in the
Public Schools, the classrooms are very large, and it is normally difficult for
the teacher to impact on each student and the slow learners are left behind.
Sometimes the child may not be a slow learner but because of the classroom
size, he or she may not be seeing on the board clearly or hearing clearly. In a
private setting the teacher would be able to easily identify a student with a
problem. Also the highly rated private Secondary Schools ,example, School of the Nation’s only take Trained
Teachers. The “A” Grade public Secondary Schools such as Queen’s college, the
Bishop’s High School always have a high academic performance at exams, but many
of them came out of a private School foundation, and so they know what it is to
strive for excellence.
In private
primary schools such as Marian Academy and Mae’s Under 12 always have a high
level of performance at the Secondary School’s Entrance Examination and they
are the same children that enter the top 5 schools. The ratio of children who
enter the top Secondary Schools is higher than the ratio of children who enter
from the public Schools. One reason for this can be the quality of education
that these children receive and the methods of teaching available to the
students as compared to the teaching received in the public schools.
The
classroom size is another factor. In the
public schools. The classrooms are twice the size of the Private Schools, so
right away this might be a negative impact on students. The Teachers cannot
target the students as they should and in some cases the teachers lack the
training and experience to deal with large classrooms. Also the private schools
do not take in more that they can handle. The environment in the Private
Schools are better than those of the Public Schools. In the private Schools
there are more recreational facilities (sports or outdoor facilities such as
swings). Also in the Private Schools, teachers are held more accountable as
parents demand a lot as they are paying for their children’s tuition and they
want value for their money.
However Guyana’s performance has been good at
C.X. C amidst the constraints, with the top Secondary Public and Private
Schools taking the top spot. Guyana has won the C.X.C award for the best
performance for the past five years.
Education in Guyana
Education
is defined in its broadest general sense is the means through which aims and
habits of a group of people live on from one generation to the next.
Education is the formal process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills, customs and values from one generation to another (e.g.) Instruction in schools.
In Guyana education is provided free of cost In primary and secondary schools, these are the public schools.
There are also lots of private schools, both primary and secondary, which are available.
These are high attendances in the private schools as well the public schools, especially the ones with a high record of performance are hard to get into, and most parents like their children to attend the best schools .
Also the young generation have out grown the schools and the government needs to build, especially, new primary schools.
The Standard of Education has fallen in Guyana over the years because of the brain drain that took place within the last ten years and still continues. Once teachers are trained, they become very marketable and jump at any opportunity to leave Guyana for greener pastures, where they have better salaries, benefits and a better standard of living on the whole.
Guyana once had the highest literacy rate in the Caribbean has now fallen during the 1980’s which has now fallen drastically.
Education is the formal process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills, customs and values from one generation to another (e.g.) Instruction in schools.
In Guyana education is provided free of cost In primary and secondary schools, these are the public schools.
There are also lots of private schools, both primary and secondary, which are available.
These are high attendances in the private schools as well the public schools, especially the ones with a high record of performance are hard to get into, and most parents like their children to attend the best schools .
Also the young generation have out grown the schools and the government needs to build, especially, new primary schools.
The Standard of Education has fallen in Guyana over the years because of the brain drain that took place within the last ten years and still continues. Once teachers are trained, they become very marketable and jump at any opportunity to leave Guyana for greener pastures, where they have better salaries, benefits and a better standard of living on the whole.
Guyana once had the highest literacy rate in the Caribbean has now fallen during the 1980’s which has now fallen drastically.
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