President Ali unveils plan to shift all Police exams to Guyana Digital School

Police officers will soon be spending less time on paperwork and more time on policing, as the government moves to shift all major Police examinations to a full digital system.

Speaking at the opening of the Guyana Police Force Annual Officers’ Conference on Wednesday, President Dr Irfaan Ali announced that theoretical exams for police promotions, driver’s licences, and other tests will no longer be handled by the Police Force.

Instead, he said these exams will be managed by the Guyana Digital School.

“The Police Force is too busy doing important work,” President Ali said, explaining that exam preparation and marking should not take officers away from their core duties.

Under the new system, technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), will play a major role.

President Ali explained that exam questions will be generated digitally just one hour before the test, reducing the risk of leaks and ensuring fairness.

The marking process will also be handled independently through the digital platform.

President Ali said the mechanism is already in place for theoretical driver’s licence exams, and the same approach will now be expanded to police promotion and other written tests.

The move is part of the government’s wider push to modernise public services and use digital tools to make systems faster, more secure and more efficient.