Guyana Moe Receives Tender

The Ministry of Education today received a quantity of COVID-19 personal protective equipment from Sewa International Guyana.Some 80719 face shields 24190 KN95 masks 126500 disposable masks 2600 surgical gowns and over 6240 face goggles were among the items donated.Senior representative of Sewa International Mr Yashpaul Seownarine handed over the items to the Ministrys Permanent Secretary Mr Alfred King at the Book Distribution Unit Evans Lyng Streets Charlestown Georgetown.Mr King expressed gratitude on behalf of the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand M.P. and the Ministry for the timely donation. In brief remarks he stated that the items will complement the efforts the Ministry is making to ensure students teachers and other staff are safe as schools reopen.We want to make sure that all schools are given enough protected gears so that the learners teachers and cleaners can be protected while they deliver education.Distribution of the items will start in hinterland schools before being moved to the Coast and Georgetown.Most of our schools in and around Georgetown and in other regions weve already given some amount of protective gears. So this will complement what is needed in the school system at least for maybe the long-term replacing what is already here in the system but we would have already provided a whole lot and this will help ensuring we can place replacements. Meanwhile the Sewa representative said as a youth organisation the donation is important as it supports the effort to ensure students receive an education while being protected against COVID-19.