Guyana is a small state of the Commonwealth with a population of just under 800,000. It is the only Commonwealth nation on mainland South America. Enrolment rates are high for both primary and secondary education.
Guyana is a small state of the Commonwealth with a population of just under 800,000. It is the only Commonwealth nation on mainland South America. Enrolment rates are high for both primary and secondary education.
School-age Population by Education Level1 |
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74,974 |
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82,414 |
Secondary |
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Tertiary |
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Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Secondary Education |
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99.2% |
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96.3% |
Female |
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Male |
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Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Tertiary Education |
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15.4% |
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7.8% |
Female |
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Male |
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Percentage of female teachers in 1 |
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70.9% |
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52.7% |
Secondary (2012) |
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Tertiary (2012) |
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1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in March 2020 |
Literacy rate (2009)1 |
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87.25% |
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82.44% |
Adult (15+) literacy rate |
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Adult (15+) literacy rate |
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Economic Activity (2014)1 |
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48% |
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81% |
Adult (15+) economic activity |
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Adult (15+) economic activity |
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Political Decision Making (2014)1 |
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31% |
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament |
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Life expectancy (2012)1 |
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67 |
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60 |
Female |
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Male |
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1. COL gender country profile April 2015 |
17.5 | 83 |
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 | Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 |
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8.4 | 26.4 |
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 | Mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 |
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33.5 | 37.3 |
Households with a computer (%)1 | Individuals using the internet (%)1 |
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1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ICT Eye Country profile, retrieved in March 2020 |
The Commonwealth of Learning’s (COL) work in Guyana is primarily in the areas of higher education and tertiary education, through the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth.
COL’s Higher Education initiative works to develop human resources for social and economic development across the Commonwealth. It supports higher education institutions and ministries in capacity building, policy development and curriculum reform. COL is working with University of Guyana (UG) to offer the Commonwealth Executive Masters in Business Administration and Commonwealth Executive Masters in Public Administration (CEMBA/CEMPA) Programme. UG also holds a seat on the Executive Governing Board and Academic Board of the programme. Learn more about the Higher Education initiative.
Guyana is a member of the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC). Initiated by and built on the support of Ministers of Education of developing small states of the Commonwealth, VUSSC supports the collaborative development and sharing of open educational resources (OER) to promote learning for sustainable development. Learn more about the VUSSC initiative.
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's partners in Guyana include: