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of the BRITISH GU I ANA ANNUAL REPORT DIRECTOR OF EDUC'TION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - \******************************************************# ( * * * * * * * * * * * * i * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * i * * * !

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Annual Summary for · th e Year ------- 0 0 0 --- ---- .

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( TABLE OF CONTEWi1S School Buildings.

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Primary Education.

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Secondary Education.

The Technical Ins titute .


v. The Carnegie School of Home Economics.

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The Government Training College.

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Broadcasts to Schools.

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The School Feeding Scheme.

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The Schools Medical Service.

Scholarships, Loans and Courses .

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Examinations .

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Finanoe, Xl.11.

Statistical Tables .

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, ( ) e 0 I SCHOOL BUILDINGS : I' I Six new Government Schools and two buil dings as ext ensions to denominational schools were planned for the year 1959.
For various reasons construction did not get underway until l ate in the year.

The Craig Government School East Bank Demerara was the onl y one compl eted during the :period under report .

This school provides accommodation for 400 pupils on the basis of 50 pupils to the classroom.

It is intended to relieve pressure on the Grove Anglican School a mile distant whi ch since its inception in 1958 had be en carrying~ cons i derabl e surplus enrolment .
The fol lowing five schools were in course of erection at the end of the period : - 1.

Greenwich Park, East Bank, Essequibo 2.

Fort Ordnance, Canje, Berbice 3.

Lodge, East Coast, Demerara L. Endeavour and the Cormnons, Canal No .2 West Bank, Demerara 5.

Orealla , Corentyne River Accommodation Loo Loo 600 Loo 180 Total 1, 980 Two extens ion buildings of 400 place s each are in the course of con struction at St. Patrick' s Anglican School, Canje and Fyri3h Congregational School, Corentyne.
Wor k was in progress on the construction of four Home Economics and Handicr aft Departments out of the total of t welve approved under Col onial Development and Welfare Scheme D 3624.

There are pl ans for the construction of the other eight within the next year.

Agreement was reached with Bookers Sugar Estates Limited for the lease to Government of ten school sites of approximate l y 3 to 5 acres each along the coastlands from Corentyne to Essequibo.
The DemErara Company also agreed to place at Government' s disposal a sit e of 3 acres on the East Bank of the Demerara River.

It is proposed to e rect schools on all of these sites during 1961.

II PR.Il1ARY EDUCATION : At the end of the school year, August 31, 1 960, the tot al en rolment of children between the ages of 5 a nd 16 years in the 326 primary schools of the Colony had increased by 6, 990 to 125,348.
During this pE-riod • however, only 690 additional places were provided by the School Building - 2 - I 0 o Programme.

The enr olment in primary schools is approximately 91.3% of the est i mated population of the .

compulsory school age.

The average dail y attrnd ance during the year was 102,500, that is 81.

8% of the number on roll.


There were 3, 171 full- time teachers in thes e school s (approximately one teacher to every 42 children on roll) of whom only about one- fifth have Trained Teachers' Certificates.

Three new primary schools became gr ant- aided during the 1960 school year and one new Government school was opened.

The primary school provides free education for chil dren between the ages of 5 to 16 years, the compulsory age range being f r om 6 to 14 years .
In recent year s the cur r i culum has sought to give a more practical bi as in education and more and more schools are being provided with work- rooms for Woodwor k, Handi craft and Horne Economics.
As a result of a one- year full-time course of training gi ven to teachers of Woodwork at the Kingston Handicraft Centre and the Government Technical Institute, it has been possible to continue the Preliminary Craft Cour ses for pupil s of the 13 to 16 age group at selected Handicraft Depart ments and Centres at which there are adequate accommodation and equi pment .

School gardeni ng activities continue to form part of the school curri cul um.
I I I SECONDARY EDUCATION: Secondary education for the period under review was provided in two Government secondary schools, thirt~en Goverrurent-aided secondary schools and approximately twenty privately- run secondary schools known to the Education Department .

The Government- owned secondary schools had an enrol ment of 1,089 students; twelve of the aided secondary schools had an enrol ment of 4 , 997 .

The private secondary schools catered for an estimated 3,000 pupils .
As recommended in the Memorandum on Secondary Education, 1 957, grants to secondary schools take the form of salary grants, and practicaJ subjects grants for Science, Home Economics and Woodwork.

Plans for providing se~ondary educat ion facilities in rura l areas have commenced .

It is proposed to set up the first rural secondary school at Anna Regina in the county of Essequibo.
IV THE TECHNICAL INSTI TUTE- ) Demand for places At the Technical Institute continues to increase and a number of additional Block- Release Courses (12 weeks full- t i me) were ,.. - 3 - • offered.

Bes ides the Preliminary Craft Block-Release, first year trade courses were offered on a similar basis in Fitting and Machining, Motor Vehicle Mechanics I Work and Elect rical Fitting.

During this year there has been the normal growth of cow·scs, many of them reaching the final year for the first time .
A total of 995 stud c-nts enrolled for courses during the year.

The decrease in the number of students, as compared with the 1959 total of 1,619 students was due principally to a reduction in the preliminary cours0s and short courses as a result of an acute shortage of staff.
The number of students reaching intermediate City and Guilds standard ~ontinued to i ncrease, and 177 students entered for the 1960 City and Guilds Examination in nine sub j ec t s. One hundred and five students werG successful, A signific&nt develoµnent for the year 1960 has been the intro duc t ion of the first Technician Sandwich Courses.
The students who will sit the equivalent of the United Kingdom Or dinary National Certificate (i .e , the City and Guilds of London Ordinary Certificate in Mechanical and El~ctrical Engineering and Building at the end of three years) are being C trained for absorption int o the middle bracket supervisory grades in l ocal industry.
Students from the 1959 part-time Ordinary Certificate course completed their second year successfully and at l east three have .been awarded scholarshi~s to complete their studies abroad.

With the assistance of th e Internattonal Cooperation Admininstration the full tima course in Land Surveying was establ ished locally.

Thirty-two students have enrolled for .the first course and will sit the local examination in Land Surveying in 1961.

Industrial Firms continue t o give valuable support to all courses.
The most recent trend has been in favour of the Block Release.

scheme intro duced a y~ar earlier .

This is proving very popular especially amo~g the younger students from rural areas , and has been extended from Preliminary Craft to the trade courses.

Evening Preliminary Craft -Courses in rural areas were continued during the year.

A two- year Preliminary Craft Course start ed among older students in primary schools was also completed at six schools in rural areas .
All the successful candidates C?P n& attend trade ~ courses at the Techni cal Institute.

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• - 4 - A short course on the operation and maintenance of farm machinery was well attended, and a short course in Business Management was run with the co- operation of the Adult Education Association .

Boys released from six secondary schools continue to attend a three-year course on two afternoons ~er week in preparation for the G.C.E.
Ordinary Level examination in Handicraft (Wood and Metal) and Geometrical and Mechanical Drawing .

Library - There are at present 2,700 technical books a.rrl also trade and technical magazines which continue to be available for refere nce purposes .

As from this year, all British Standard Specifications are being housed at this library.
Industrial Training Centres - The Port Mourant Training Centre and the Demerar a Bauxite Company Trade School were recognised by the City and Guilds of London Institute as suitable centres for the preparat ion of students for the Engineering Craft Practi ce Examination of that Inst i tute .

The se centres were established by two of the foremost industrial under takings - Bookers Sugar Estates Ltd ., and the Demerara Bauxite Company !)
Limited - for the training of their apprentices for the Berbice Sugar Estates and the Bauxite mining installations at Mackenzie, respe:cti vely.

0 V THE CARNEGIE SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS: - During 1960 cons id era ble progress was made with the r el atively new prograJ1'll11e which combines the devel oping of ski lls necessary for earning a living, successful horre making and buil ding well rounded personalities.
The regular course for girl s betwee n the ages of 14½ and 18 is a three- year one and in addition to Cookery and Nut rition, Laundrywork, Housewife ry, Needlework, and Dressmaki ng , i t in cl udes instruction in English, Arithmetic, Ge ography, Local History, Art and Craft, Singing, Civics and Child Care.
Students of the Government Tra·ining Colle ge attend at the Carnegi e School of Ho11c Economics one aft ernoon a week throughout the year and six teachers from remote areas took gener al courses for periods varying from four months to one year .

Evening classes were attended by adults and the following subje cts wer ~ offer ed: siIDple and Advanced Cookery, Cookery for men, simple and a dvanced Dressmaking, Home Improve- ment, Home and Family Living and Cake Making and Decorati ng.
Nine hundrE:'d and one women attended similar courses in rural areas .

A special/ •• A special 3 week course was conducted for women selected to go to Canada • e, - 5 - • as domestics.

Considerable development was made with the establishment of a School Library, Games Club and 4-H Club, whil e both school and staff Co-o~rative Societies made progress.
VI THE GOVERNMENT TRAINING COLIEGE: At the Government Training College for Teachers the first group of 150 students compl eted a one-year course of training in July, 1960 and 1L8 were awarded certificates.

In 1960 five primary school teachers were awarded scholarships to pursue courses at Teacher Training Colleges and Institutes of Education in the United Kingdom in the following subjects: - Rural Education The Work of the Junior School and Handicraft.
A few teachers continue t o pursue courses in the United Ki ngdom and at the University College of the West Indies at the:!.?

own exp:rnse.

Courses in principles of education and i n s:p3cial methods for teachErs in aided and unaided private secondary schools were held during c:: the Eas ter vacation 1960 for teachers in the County of Berbice.
VII BROADCASTS TO SCHOOLS: During the school year under review, a period which falls within the sevent h year of the inauguration of Boradcasts to Schools an average of one hundred and ninety-three Primary and Secondary schools were known to be receiving t he prograrrunes broadcast daily from Monday to Friday for the ten-week period each term.
The new broadcast series i ntroduced in September 1959 were - (a) Meet WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - (Upper Division and Secondary Schools) - This was the first of a number of series continued during the following two terms of 1960.

(b) WOMEN IN SHAKESPEARE - (Upper Division and Secondary Schools) .

This series continued-:;the··Sbakespeare theme.

(c) THE SHAKESPEARE TRADITION - (Upper Division and Secondary Schools) - final series on Shakespeare .
(d) CHILDREN OF OTffER IANDS - (Middle Division) dealing with certain asp:;; cts of life, and presenting an up- to-date picture of the way (.

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in distant land·s.

This series was produced by the BBC Colonial School s Unit.

(e) CIVICS •- (Middle Division).

A series aimed at showing the child · howtpeopl e live in groups, and expl aining what was meant by the Government (the gr oups that govern) and giving illustrations of the Government at work.
(f) OUR HEALTH - (Middle Division).

This series of programmes dealt with the growing patterns of development in the Public Health Services in the Community.

(g) LISTENING TIME - (Lower Division).

This series aimed at en couraging appreciation of Music and Poetry.

In March, 1960, the Broadcasts to Schools Unit distributed the first edition of a Magazine called "The Young Lister.er.
11 The first issue was a small twelve page cyclostylcd booklet including summaries of Broad casts and advance information for Teachers on the next term 1s Broadcasts .

Another i ssue of this magazine was produced by the Unit in June 1960.

In Febr uary 1960, the Education Department, in collaboration with the Broad cas t s to School s Unit held a Conference of LowEr Division Teachers in Schools on the _East Coast of Demerara at Golden Grove to discuss the pre paration and follow- up of broadcast seri es .
In March, 1960, a Seminar was held for Primary School Teachers in the county of Demerara (except the East Coast School s) .

This took place in Geor getown.

The second Seminar, this time for teachers in the Berbice area, took pla ce in New Amst erdam .and Port Mourant r espectively, on May 21 and 22 of this year.

The third Seminar was scheduled to take place at Anna Regina on November 3 for t eachers on the Essequibo Coast .
The purpose of the Seminars.was to provide a short intensive study of the techniques used in the production and presentat ion of Broadcasts to Schools, to indicate the limitations of the service , and to enlarge the sco_i::e of Teacher-participation.

The Broa dcasts to Schools Uriit has also been taking fa rt in the one-year Teachers ' Training Course which began in Sept ember, 1959.
A seri es of i ecture-discussion--demonstrations has been introduced at the Gdvernment Training College, stress ing the philosophy of Broadcasts to Schools, the primary functi on of stimul a ting the child ' s imagination, the partnership between the Broadcasting Unit and the teacher in the classroom, ( 5 and the ava ilability of resources through the Government Information -7- Services not normalzy accessible to the Teaching Staff.

VIII SCHOOL FEEDING SCHEME: • .


e The acti vities of the School Feeding Scheme during the period under review were conducted mainly on the basis of free supplies of skimmed milk powder and fish liver oil capsules received from UNICEF, even though there was no agreement in existence between that organ~sation and the local govern rent.

The previous extended agreement expired in June , 1958.
The area r epresentative of UNICEF visited the Colony in November, 1959, and after holding discussions with the executive officers of both the Education Department and thE Medical Department., concluded arrangements for a further ext9nsi on of the Scheme from July 1959 to June 1961.
Snack rnEals were given to the children in alnlost all of the schools in the Interior and North West District, the Moruca and Pomeroon Districts, and to the children of a few other schools in the remote riverain and hinter land areas.

At 1st September, 1956, only 25% of the enrolment of schools on the coastal belt , RS selected by the Schools Medical Officer and Nurses, had been given tm snack meal.
Regard was paid to the nutritional and general economic conditions obtaining in the Interior and riverain areas as compared with those on the coastlands.

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:OOO children selected to receive the snack meal, due to 1 Ldistri"ir::ted during tl_:ie ~ear about 3Clfo were reduced meals absence from school _ _gr other causes, only about 23 ,ooo were fed on the · average.

It is estimated that out of 4,L95,000 snack ITH::alsLconsisting of one or two pa.rts of the regular snack.
This was due mainly to the shortage of milk powder.

IX SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE: The School Medical_ Service continued its usual activities during the period und er review.

The main features were - (i) 11Scrsening" of pupils by school nurses to determine those r equiring medical attent ion; (ii) Examination of pupils selected by the screening procedure, by the School Medical Officer; (iii) Treatment of pupils suffering from minor ailments viz.
helminthiasis, mild nutritional disorders, skin diseases, pediculosis capitis; (iv) REferral of pupils suffering from eye, ear, nose and throat t C. defects, clinical ly manifest signs suggestive of filariasis, 0 o.

0 - 8 - and _surgical di sor ders J to the appropri ate specialists; (v) Sfecial surveys :_ school .nurses c,onducted surveys.

0,f elementary s chool chil dren to detect those suffering from signs suggestive of l e prosy.
These were refe rred t~ special clinics pooduoted by t he ~eprologist; · (vi) Health education of parents and children.

The service extended its scope to areas outside' of Georgetown and the coastal ar eas .

Visits were paid to Bartica , Potaro-Mazaruni Districts, Fort .Island; · Bonasika, Hogg Island, Great Troolie Island and Caria-Caria.

School Dental Service in Georgetown and New Amsterdam These services are r endered by two part-time dental officers working in their own offices.
In the case o-f New Amsterdam the same i:art-time dentist is i n charge of the hospit el and school service.

The school dentists work on a 11 f ee-for-se rvic e" basis and treat chil,w-en who are referred to th em by primary school head teachers.

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to the part-time school denti st when they complain of pain or present an Q cycute inflammatory condition.

Very few fillings are provided under this system.


The School Dental service is the r esponsibility of Government in both municipalities .

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Rural Areas:- Two Mobil e Dental Units, one for the East Coast , De~erara, and the West Berbice District and one for the East Berbice District continued t o provide dental care for school children ~ Each of the above -mentioned Units is staf·f ed by a Dental Surgeon, a Dental Assi stant a~d a ·Mechanic/Driver.
A third Denta1 ·surgeon o~rates· on the East Bank of Delll3rara and West Coo st Delllerara and East Essequibo areas.

He is assisted by a Health Visitor and a Mechani c and is provided with lig~t mobil e equipment.

A fourth Dental Surgeon was appointed in the l 2tter part of 1959 for the Essequibo Coast, Essequibo Islands , Pomeroon, and for the Interior areas, namel y, Rupununi, Bartica and North West District . )

Preventive Programme - B.C.G.


Vaccination - A t eam comprised of a Healt h Visitor and t wo staff nurses vis ited 177 school s .

Statistics .for onl y the first nine months of the year are readily avail ab l e .

They are as follows.

The numbe r of pupils t ested was 30,959.

Of this number ' o,-,.., - 9 - • 0 .o of the pupils tested did not return for the X-Ray 5Xamination.

All the tuberculin-negative pupils with the exception of four were vaccinated.
X SCHOIJ;RSHIPS, LOANS AND COURSES: s In the year under review three Guiana Scholarships were awarded on the r esults of the University of London Generai Certificate 9f Education Examination at Advanced Level.

The awards were made t o Messrs • .

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Robins or: and N.A.L.M.

Parris and Miss K.J~ Nehaul.

Mr. Robinson proposes to pursue cours€s l eading to an Honours 'DEgrEe in English and the Diploma in Education.

Miss Nehaul will be doing a course in Mathematics and Physics for thE: B.A.
Degree and if she is successful within thr8E years, she_ will read for the D.I.C .

Degree.

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Parris will study for the B.Sc.

(Special)in ~.atheniatics .

Two secondary school teachers were awarded Scholarships tenable at t he u.c.w.

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: •• A. Heydon ,ma.

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J errell , both of ,·;!for:i uill bo :rending f or ·th;, B.Sc .

(Special) Degree in Physics.

No scholarship for the Diploma of Education wa: --a.w".

!.rdcd :J.S there ,-,er <;) no eli:.

;i.ble applic?U1ts .


In May, 1960, three more scholarships effective from October 1960 were awardEd to sGcondary school tEachers.

During the year five primary school t eachers were awa rd ed scholar ships for one yEa r to pursue courses at Training Colleges and Departments of Education in the United Kingdom.

They are MEssrs. A.E.

Collins, J.N.

Kilkenny, R .G.

Man gar, A .A .

Moore and Niss C • L. Baird .

loans given to students during the year amounted to $81,816.

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XI EXAMINATIONS: The res ults of the Examina tions he l d in the Colony during the year were as follows:- (l) Local Examinations Examination No.

ente:::red No.
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passed Teachers 1 Certificates Pupil Teachers ' Annual Pupil Teachers' Appointment Primary School Certificate 466 565 1,549 6,962 129 272 106 1,613 Sixty-f our Government Scholarships, one John Wray Exhibition and three Centenary Exhibitions all tenable at Government and Government aided Secondary Schools were awarded on the results of the Government County Scholarship Examin?tion.
Candidates for this Examination must be under twelve years of age on May 31 in the ·yea·r of the Examinat i on.

(2 ) OversEas Examinetions Examinat i on No .

of Candidates London G. C .E.

Ordinary level 3,096 C No.

of elib,jects taken 8,83 9 No.

of passes (subjects) 2,255 0 0 .. - 10 - Examination No.

of Candi dates No.

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of asses subjects) London G.C.E.

Advanced L€vel 557 950 635 Subjects taken at Advanced Level but ~ssed at Ordinary Level .. 208 No.

of candi_dates Div.
of candi_dates Div.

1 passes Div.

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passes Cambridge School Certificate Cambridge Higher School Certificate 36 997 10 62 no passes Number examined Number passed Div.

3 passes 150 B .A.

General B .S.c.

(Economics) B. Sc .

(Estate Management ) Bachelor of Laws Intermediate L •.

L.Boc Certificate of trofici ency in Religi ous Knowledge Dipl oma in Theology, .

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Inst itute of Book- K€e_p€rs Prel iminary Intermediate 0 0 Associate .

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~ • Lond on Chamber of Commerce - Elementary Intermediate Higher Royal Soc i ety of Arts - Elementary Intermediate Advanced Institute of Cost and Works Accountants Council of Legal Education - Bar Exa.ninations .

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7 10 1 15 19 1 1 100 81 52 34 46 81 23 17 23 ·-15 3 ·-27 4 0 3 1 5 5 1 1 40 29 11 7 19 21 8 4 5 2 1 10 3 Eight other examinations for private candidates as follows · were supervised by the De]:Ertment; the results·of these are not y~t avail ab l e:- , The Associ ate of Internat_ional Accountants The Associate .
of Incorporated Statisticians The Associate of Certified and Corporate Accountants .... Numbe r Examined 3 3 8 110 The Institute of Transport _ -11- ... > ·-· --- ····· Number- Examined 1 • Cost Accountants ' Assoc~~t i on The Soci ety of CommGrc ia l Accountants XII Fm'ANCE : 18 2 The ex penditure of the Departl'll6nt incl ud ing Development expenditure.

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-· .... from United Kingdom funds for the · period under r e-v i ew is $6,571,223.27.
The expendit ure from l o cal recurrent revenue for the s ame period is $6,400,7Ll.

29, and thi s amount reprssents 12.2% of the total recurr~nt exJ:E: ndi ture of t he Colony.

Th,e i nc reas e over the previous y ear I s ex penditure is $32,336 .

05 compare-d·· with $ 747,919.97 -in- 1958.

Education De~rtment Primary Education Teachers' Salaries Grant (Maintenance and Equipnent) Misce l laneous • •• • •• ... .

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.. • • • School Building Programme* Expend i ture fr om Developnent Funds • • • • •• ... • 233,847.87 __ ., 15,803.82 ~, .

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.. lL,121.55"' ' $5,404,299·.

05 ...... > I ~ 85% expnditure financEd from Colonia l Deve lopment ·and Wel fare funds .
Second a ry Educ ati on Grants t o Aided Secondary School s includ ing Berbice High School & St. Stanislaus College 233,249.21 Schola rshi~ to Secondary Schools ••• • •• 60,001.54 Expend iture from Developnent Funds (Capital grants to aided secondary schools) ••• 52,862.50 Teacher Training Salaries etc .

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MainterHl.tfc·e· ·o-f· Siudents Mis ce llane ous ••• • •• ... .

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18,497 .o4 $ 1L6,361.o6 Te_c_hnic al/ •••• ~ . '

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,., ....... ·-;;'"";'"''"'' () ct O Technical and Vocational - 12 - Brought Forward 1~ Government Technical Institute Carnegie School.

of Home Economics Fredericks School of Home Economics .

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.. Other Education - - British Guiana Scholarships Education of Blind Children in Trinidad ••• ••• .

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••• Administrative (Non Allocated) 156,749.00 Bb,845,59 27,946.54 67,796 .71 2J,2l..15.68 21,328.48 $ 140,317.41 l,31Lll $ 20,586.45 J 0 Salaries Travelling Miscellaneous Non Recurrent • • • ••• .

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••• • •• ••• 183.,550.16 26,980.13 5,770.93 $ 216,301.22 New School Feeding.Scheme wit h UNICEF Assistance ••• ••• Total E.ducation $6,571,223.27 .
~ i t u r e on Education Primary Education Public Works DeFe,rtmsnt· Maintenance of Government Buildings under Control of Education Department Quarters for Education Officers • • • ••• • • • ••• 3,864.SS :Maintenance and reconditioning· of Government Buildings from Development Funds ••• ••• 21,178.49 Erection of New -Educational Bu~ldings 196,885.84 $ 253,053.06 I :) Medical/ ••••• Medical Department -13- Brought Forward $253,053.06 J_ Schools Medical Officer & Staff Schools Dental ~ervices • • • ••• ••• • •• $ 6,500.00 29,500.00 $ ·)9,000.00 • fl) • & Cent ral Government Teachers 1 Pensions and Gratuities .
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••• 185,892.29 $ 1851892 .29 Secondary Education Quee-n 1s College Bishops' High School • • • ... ••• • • • 249,825.00 133,226.46 $383,051.46 Tee l'~_s::.c ~:l-and Voe at ional Maintenance and Re- c o~ditioning of Buildings ••• 11a ·.ntenance and Re- conditioning from Develop- ljlE nt Funds ... • •• .

.. 685.4.5 54.88 $ 740.33 Medic al Department Training of Nur~es and Dispensers Agriculture DeEartme~t .

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Training of Apprentices and Junior Professional Officers Essequibo .
Boys 1 School ~ Central Government • • • ••• lSl,934.oo $ 151,0.34.00 (:;.. ••• • •• 4,210.00 -.. ••• 8,793.34 $ 13,003.34 Salvation Army Home for Delinquent Gjrls .

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••• 9,550.00 Salvation Army Remand Homs for Boys ••• • •• 3,695.42 $ 13,245.42 othe r ~ducatio~ .

Grants to Churches for services am.ong Amerindians Grant to Public Free Library Colonial St.udents C,ontinge;ncies 1 Fund Contribution to U .C .W .I.
Conditional Scholarship and Training Courses ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Carried Forward - 24,800.00 102,350.00 7,800.00 501,041.52 23z483 .14 S 659,414".66 $1,036.0l&).90 - (; < .., l ; -14 - Brought Forward - Payment in respect of: officers awarded C.D~&.W.

Scholarships ' Engineering Scholarships Allowanc~s to Students at Imperial College of Tropical · Agriculture ' ' ••• ... .

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Contribution to British Council Office for Welfare of Students in Eire ••• Contribution to expenses of Students Liaison Officer in the United States Grants to I.C.T.A.

Loans to Overseas and University Students .... .

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.5,003,00 14,952.00 88,239.80 $771,733.46 Total other Expenditure on Educ:ation $1,,807, 753,36 C) Q .. 0 • .. TABLE I Number and Descr>iptions of Scl1o ol s by Enrolment Level at 31 st Aue,'Ust, 1 960 A.P P.c1ND IX r A r PRIMARY Enrolment F Total 1School3 M .SECONDARY TEACHER TRAINING Schools M Enrolment F Total Schools M Enrolment Schools F Total M F TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL .l:!.
:rr oiment Total .. ) Government 23 4,754 4.,513 9,267 2 627 462 1,089 Local Authori ty Aided Unaided 303 59., 534 56,547 D.6 .,081 13 ~99 2.,690 5.,889 l - 75 75 150 2 1 .,162 1.,031 2.,193 - - - J.

- 67 67 0 TOTAL 326 64., 288 '91, Of.O 125, 348 15 3j326 3,152 6,978 1 75 75 1 50 3 1 .,162 1,098 2,260 NOTE:- ·Primary- These are all-age schools catering for children 5 -16.

The total enrolment given does not include 537 children (280 boys and 257 girls ) who attend 5 nursery schools, age group 3 to 5 .
., Secondary- The normal age range is 10 plus to 19.

The Dep~rtment has no record of Unaided Schools.

There are approximately twenty privately ·run secondary schools with an enrolment of ubout 3,000 pupils.
( I I I I I ( t !§_£hnical and Vocational - The enrolment of 1,162 mal e students does not include those who attend non vocational courses at the Government Technical Institute and the total of female students does not include the 13 student teachers of the Government Training College who receive their Training in domestic subjects at the Carnegie School of Home Economics.
Six Handicraft and three Domestic Sci ence Centres provide some pre-vocational training for 1,042 boys and 753 girls of the primary schools - others attend similar classes at the departments attached to their schools.

12 e:- ~ • ~ -0 (_;-, - r - (j C) I' ;.\...DL E I. I 1.~ APPu\f.DI X i B t PRIMARY .

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Govt" Aided Unaided total Govto Aided Unaided Total Govte Aided Unaided Tot 0 TRAINING :g-p- M TECHNICAL & VOCA'11IOANL & TEACHER M p M F M FM F M F M F M F M SECONDARY F M F F M M F F PO3T SECONDARY D (i) • ~ TOTAL 1v1 F GRADUATES Trained Untrained _ QOHPLETE.
:D SECONDARY COURSE Trained Untrained NOT COMPLETED SECOlIDAKY COURSE Trained Untrained Tot al 1 2 l. 1 1 2 1 4 s · 9 13 1 16 10 24 11 :;1 1 2 23 40 21 2 12 2 5 1 1 1 § 1 30 ·2£:1 346 218 39 58 376 246 5 _21 528 7 3 10 8 2 116 59 10 11 2 4 123 61 4 2i --~ 4 .2 2 44 53 505 894 549 947 G 6 1 1 113 ]39 1 :536 1583 1449 17 22 37 23 159 91 196 114 14 15 6 1 4 21 6 3 6 3 ~ Q ~ • l) TABLE IIB ~ (Teacher Training) APPENDIX 'C' ~ ,,;; Description of Course Number of In stitutions Students admitted during the year Total Students 31.8.
60 Students passing _final exa.mina tion Male Female Total J\1ale Female Total Number % Passes General Professional and Academic Government Training College ~nomestic Subjects: Home Science - Carnegie School of Home Economics .

Handicraft and Woodwork - Government Technical Institute Total 1 1 1 3 75 75 150 75 75 150 148 98.

33:% 16 91 75 16 166 75 75 150 56.25% 9 157 * Thirteen femal e students of the Government Training College were trained in Domestic Science at the Carnegie School of Home Economics.
Six teachers from remote areas took general courses for periods varying from four months to one year.

0 (_, General Education Enrolment by Level of :iduca.tio-~ and.

f;ge - A - ?rimary Education (1959-1~60) TAJ3L~ Iti 1' f - .\ -~·-:~---~~~-~l J I .i '5 ' --.r 0 f.) .
Number enroll.ed accord.ing .to age A(:,Lst ir~ B(?nd Yr.J J\~3rd Yr¢JB {4th Yr.) C(5th Yr.) TI(5th YJ-;-;y- E ('Tth- Yr.1_7.il-·r8th Yr..::2 J;>repa.ratory Division Middle Division Lower Division Upper Division • I ' (;-'" ·----· M F M F Under 6 2388 2295 41 59 M 1 F 3 6 and under 7 5620 5374 899 1019 74 115 M - 4 F - 5 ·7 and under 8- 4128 3545 3094 3137 818 982 90 116 M - 1 7 F - - 9 $ and under 9 - 1845 1460 2904 2649 3442 3394 :.

881 1048 135 180 M }?


M F M - - - 19 - - - 13 - - - 1 - - - 5 9 and under 10 276 198 963) 850 : 2820 2574 2533 2611 816 948 112 154 27 51 · -- 10 and under 11 83 .

268 225 l461 1097 2746 2519 2263 2322 593 655 167 235 F - - - - .
3 - 57 - - - - 4 36 TOTAL TOTAL M F 2430 2357 478 6598 6513 1111 8137 7789 1592 9227 8749 1797 7551 7389 1494 7617 7176 1479 66 21 4 2 3 28 -10 4 - 11 and 11nder 12_ 12 and under 13 13 and under 14 \ Over , 14 TOTALS 76 38 75 431 336 1455 1259 2357 2246 1426 1663 576 698 107 176 6456 6474 1293 21 160 110 .. 697 433 1608 1461 1798 1697 1515 1587 494 600 6320.

5913 1223 5 5 .
5913 1223 5 5 .

7 - 610~2534 ·~ ' ~ G) .

DIAGR AMATIC CHART .._,) '~ .filIQWING ORGANI,SATION OF EDUCATIONAL £.ilSTEH ,_"f .

ti 4 ·5 6 7 8 _;L ····· I 17 18 ~::t, 20 21 Age in years Preparatory Schools and Departments.

PRIMARY EDUCATION 6 to 14 compulsory.


Free 5 to 6 and 14 to 16.

Optional TECHNICAL 8~ VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Home Economics: 2-year course at Carnegie School of Home Economics for Women.

1-linimum age 14½ -Extension classes .

Evening classes.

Technical Trainirig: Preliminary Technical Trade (-Courses.

Non Vocational courses.

;'.Rural extension courses in Handicraft Evening Classes.

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-'.5andwich courses.

•...._ i PUPIL T8ACHER .j'.I 'f'ADHNG Ages 14 + to 20 d' TEACHERS.'
CERTIFICATE i3 i Gained externam at 19 + years TEACHE.R TRAINING 1-year Academic and Professional Course.

No Upper age limit .

Competitive entrance examina tion.

Vacation Course .

illITVERSITY EDUCATION U.C.·LI.

Extr a-Hural Dept.

Universities in U .E .. , Y-Jrt11 ,\rieric':I. .

Post C:·e.dua te s tudies.

SECONDARY EDUCATION 11 to 19 Granimar School Curriculum - fee paY!,ng.

Oxford and Cambridge, London External Examinations.
Cllc+{ll 0 () I-'· 13' "d 13' 0 I-'• (I) :;l to :::, 0 I-' (J) (D b..1 p, • 'i ll> • :::i 0 (/J • •u p., • :1. t:>:J Ul () <l >< i:Y i:Y µ) c+ 1--'· 0 ;·) o' I-' f-'· rJ 'i ; I 11> p, Pl IJl ~~go f5 ~ I-' Cl) I-' () I-' 13' • 13' -1-' 0 g '<: Ii,' 'i f-' ct- (D O (D 13' P, CD I-'· c+ Cll 'o .

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CT ::S 8 'r' c+ .1 TABLE IV EI~!(l!
'.11 1111 TECHNICAL AN]) VOCATIONAL COURSES OTHER THAN TEACHER TRAINING Al:' ..l:'~l'W.LA I ~ - • 0 0 Descr iption of Course Government AIDED UNAIDED TOTAIS ~ Male Female Total Ma.le Female Total Male Female Total Male Femal e Tot a l Trade Course {Dat L Preli mi nary Craf't Sandwich Courses Electri cal & Mechani cal Engi neeri ng 88 Electri cal Trades Telecommuni cati ons Engi neering 38 Motor Vehicle Mechani cs 89 Machine Shop Trades 66 Bui lding & Woodworking Trades 30 G. C.E .
Te chnical Classes 115 Navi gati on & Seamanship 24 Courses Steel Fabricators Trade Cou:rses ~Eveni !Mr) Preliminary Craf't Prelimi nary Major Metalwork Trades Building Trades Plumbing Trades Short & Special Courses (Day) Short & Speci al Courses (Eveni ng) Electrical .

Trades Motor Vehicl e Mechani cs Ma.chi ne Shop Trades We l di ng Plumbing Mechanical & Electrical Engineeri ng Buildi~g Ena~neering Domestic SuoJects - Housewif ery -· .
---·---- -·-··---- 11 62 143 28 · 11 .3 189 Nil 27 19 4 32 59 64 46 10 11 4 44 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 143 28 11 88 38 89 66 30 115 24 3 189 Nil 27 19 4 32 59 64 46 10 11 4 44 167 1l~ ___ ,_ ... _ ... ___ , ___ 132'.-) 167 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ..; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 67 67 67 67 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------·---~---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 143 28 11 88 38 89 66 30 115 24 3 189 Nil 27 19 4 32 59 64 46 10 11 4 44 18 - 1"i62 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - 234 234 143 28 11 88 38 89 66 ,30 115 24 3 189 Ni l 27 19 4 32 59 64 46 10 11 4 44 d1 ·1336 .Ii .
I~ 4I» ~ • <~ ,, ~ Ui- '¥ .

.J t."- TA BL.F' III B - -y:,:/T{;· i 1-:Y t !ff C ,., r;,IO"t{ ( 1 95 9 - 1960) Al:'1-<:ND IX 1E 1 lst_yr.

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2nd Yr .

3rd Yr .

4th Yr. 5th Yr. 6th Yr. -7th Yr .

-- Total .

lV.

[ F M F M F M 111 F ~1 Unde·r .11 J ;_ ·1 '12 8 3 Between 11&12 11 0 68 l l F - 6 Between 12&13 235 309 129 66 - 54 66 4 20 59 - - 3 Between 13&14 232 185 172 279 184 246 16 Between 14&15 168 117 138 122 177 130 82 - - - 11 71 ~ - - 1 14 61 - - - - 8 46 - - .
- - - - Betvveen 15&16 110 56 Between 1 6&17 33 25 Between 17~cl8 13 Be tween 18&19 - - Over 19 3 - - 92 83 46 8 - 74 36 26 4 - 123 .

93 .57 10 - 77 139 206 63 174 143 142 188 11 1 9 128 .

3 - 98 46 96 41 13 198 110 115 55 72 16 41 35 24 47 27 5 F - ;.... - - - - 5 M F M F TOTAL - - - - - - - 6 26 35 - - - - - - - 17 32 10 15 175 12 94 433 434 605 721 579 448 525 459 536 460 ·489 318 292 162 177 44 27 269 867 1326 1027 984 99G 807 454 221 TOTAL 913 771.
682 613 764 .. .621 .. 686 581 603 423 111 ·84 67 59 3826 3152 6978 .

.,_,, .. ·~~ TABLE V - Expenditure on Education during the year endi ng August , 1960 .

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• RECURRENT Primary Education Secondary Teacher Education Traini ng i Technical 10ther & Voca- tional Education trative (non Adminis - allocated) .

y Non Recurrent Total Total 5,544,616.46 I 346,113.25 1146 _,36L06 I 243 ,9 9-4-.59 120,585.45 1216_,301.

22 6 ,517,9 73 .

03 53 , 250 .

24 I 6 , 571,223 .


27 \ • • I ~ ~ • .

-- TOTAL ~ By Education De - partment ( exclu- ding to local authorities) .

By Local Author- i ties Buxton/ Friendship Vill age Council.

By others , e .

g .

University College Self Governing Techinical Coll eges , Pub l ic Cor porations, Volun- tary Agencies .

Queen' s College Bishops ' High School Public Works Department Medical Departrrent Agriculture De- p artment Essequi bo Boys School Central Govern ment (O t her t han Depts .
above) 249 ., 825 .

00 133, 226 .46 175 ,457.36 36,000 .oo 15 , 294.66 5;375.62 22 ,372.24 151, 034.m 4,210 .oo 8 , 793.3 249,825.00 133,226.

46 218 ~500.

48 187, 034.

00 4,210.00 8 , 793.

34 35, 225.5 9 185,892 029 17, 67 2. oq 767,306.

88!

970, 871.

17 249, 825.00 133, 226 .

46 253 , 726 .

07 187 , 034.

00 4 , 210 .

00 8 , 793 .

34 970 , 871.

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