Hinterland Schools tour concludes with visit to National Library, Parliament

DPI, Guyana, Friday, September 14, 2018

Students of the hinterland regions conclude their one-week educational tour today at the Guyana National Library and Parliament of Guyana. The annual trip usually forms part of the month-long activities for Indigenous Heritage month, held every September.

“They are excited. I know they learnt a lot and I know they won’t forget this experience. When they go back I know they will have a lot to tell their families and friends,” Mornalisa King, a teacher attached to the Monkey Mountain Primary School told DPI with a smile.

Scenes from the student’s tour of Parliament Building.

One of the students perusing a book from the shelves of the National Library.

Shavon Joseph.

Ravindra Dalchano.

Hika Silver.

Scenes from the student’s tour of Parliament Building.

Scenes from the student’s tour of Parliament Building.

Scenes from the student’s tour of Parliament Building.

Students and teachers of the Hinterland Regions with Public Relations Officer, Yannick December and Shavon Joseph, staff of Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs in the National Assembly room.

Yannick December explaining to students on the functions of Sitting National Assembly and Parliament of Guyana.

Scenes from the student’s tour of Parliament Building.

The group comprised students from Baramita Primary School, Port Kaituma Secondary School in Region one and others from Monkey Mountain Primary in Region Eight. They all agreed that the tour was very informative as they had the opportunity to visit several locations including the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the Providence National Stadium, monuments. And several notable sites around Georgetown.

“It was good. We visit many places around Georgetown,” said Heika Silver a student from Monkey Mountain while adding “I’m going to tell them [classmates] about my experience, how it was in Georgetown; how many things we saw and those that we have never seen before.”

Shavon Joseph of the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs, who assisted on guiding the students during the tour, said the objective is to educate the students of the hinterland regions, who have never visited Georgetown before, about the various important landmarks and sites.

“Every year the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs sponsors students from the hinterland region, and provides them with an opportunity to do different things -visit different places, we also sometimes get them to meet the president,” she explained.

This initiative by the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs began in 2004 when students from the various regions in the hinterland toured the capital city of Georgetown for the first time.

By: Kimberley Ferreira.

Images: Karime Peters/ Anil Seelall.