Guyana Digital School being rolled out countrywide

The Guyana Digital School aims to transform learning in Guyana, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) being used to identify gaps in students who use the platform. Recently, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has been launching the digital learning platform at various schools across Guyana.

Since its introduction, some 2,400 students, teachers, and parents have registered from schools such as St. Rose’s High School and North Ruimveldt Multilateral School in Georgetown.

Minister Manickchand visited the Abram Zuil Secondary School on the Essequibo Coast on Monday and the Vergenoegen Secondary on Tuesday to launch the initiative.

The school aims to provide every student with access to high-quality education.

“The whole idea is to allow every student, whether your parents are working, whether you are wealthy, whether you are in the Rupununi, at Charity, at Kabakaburi, or here at Abram Zuil, to get the same high-quality education.

“It can be used by itself, where you stop school completely and come to the digital school—but we have to monitor you to ensure you are attending school—or it can be used for lessons,” Minister Manickchand explained.

The platform offers interactive lessons, digital textbooks, and educational videos. It also features live, timetabled lessons where students can interact with teachers, and AI to identify and address individual learning gaps. The platform is also aligned with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

“My idea is that if you don’t have a teacher in front of the classroom, you should be able to come here, complete this 39 weeks of work, and pass CXC with a Grade 1,” Manickchand said, while adding that students would need to be disciplined in their self-study.

“You will have to dedicate some of your time, by yourself, to this because there is no teacher watching you.”

Last year, President Dr. Irfaan Ali stated that the school would cover nursery education all the way to Grade 12.