Guyana

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Guyana is a small state of the Commonwealth with a population of 810,000. It is the only Commonwealth nation on mainland South America. Enrolment rates are high for both primary and secondary education.

Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-64 years old¹
8.6%		8.1%
Female (2019)		Male (2019)

Completion rate, lower secondary education for the school year ending in 2020¹
87.9%		78.5%
Female		Male

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education for the school year ending in 2012¹
15.4%		7.8%
Female		Male

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in secondary education¹
n/a		n/a
Female		Male

1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in May 2023

Highlights

Current work in Guyana is primarily in the areas of higher education, including through the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth, open/innovative schooling, gender, and technologyenabled learning. Guyana offers COL’s Commonwealth Executive Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Administration (CEMBA/ CEMPA) programmes and serves on the programmes’ academic and executive governing boards. Learners from Guyana also continue to benefit from COL’s open online courses and other resources

Partners

Partnerships are fundamental to COL’s work. Strategic partnerships allow COL to broaden its reach and engage at global, regional and national levels, while implementation partners support COL’s work in communities and institutions across Commonwealth Member States. Partners include multilateral organisations, regional bodies, national governments, government agencies, foundations, civil society organisations, public and private (not-for-profit) institutions and the private sector. COL partnerships assist in improving and extending teaching and learning services to people in the developing Commonwealth.

COL’s partners in Guyana include:

Ministry of Education
Adult Education Association
National Accreditation Council
The University of Guyana
Youth Challenge Guyana

Literacy rate (2009)¹
87.25%		82.44%
Adult (15+) literacy rate Female		Adult (15+) literacy rate Male

Economic Activity (2014)¹
48%		81%
Adult (15+) economic activity Female		Adult (15+) economic activity Male

Political Decision Making (2014)¹
31%
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament

Life expectancy (2012)¹
67		60
Female		Male

1. COL gender country profile April 2015

85	110
Individuals using the internet (%)¹	Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹

12	34
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹	Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹




1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU), retrieved in May 2023.

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