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On the heels of the Finance Ministry’s mid-year report, which boasted of Guyana’s economic
prospects, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has also found that the country’s economic
growth rate remains one of the fastest in the world.

In a brief report, the IMF mission explained that on the back of a 62.3% growth rate last year, real
GDP is expected to continue to grow extremely fast in 2023, reaching 38%.

The IMF has attributed the growth to the country’s growing oil and gas sector.

According to the IMF, oil production is ramping up with the coming on stream of a third oil field,
and growth in the non-oil sector is supported by the implementation of a fast-paced public investment
programme focused on providing transportation, housing, and flood management infrastructure, and
raising human capital.

Additionally, the IMF mission noted that with rapid oil production continuing offshore Guyana and
with three approved oil fields to come on stream between 2024 and 2028, sustained real non-oil GDP
growth of 5.5 percent is projected.

Turning now to the field of education,

The Ministry of Education has announced that all national and ‘A’ list High Schools in the country
will now be mandated to facilitate cross-streaming, to allow students preparing for their CXC exams
to sit subjects from outside their chosen stream.

The Ministry has also announced that students who intend to write subjects that attract a large
number of School Based Assessments, will have to begin those assessments in the 3rd Form, in
advance of their CSEC examinations.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand made the announcements Monday while commissioning
the new Maureen Massiah Wing at The Bishops’ High School.

The Education said she was very perturbed when she found out that The Bishops’ High School had
limited the number of subjects a student can sit at the regional exams, and that cross-streaming was
not permitted at the school.

She said students with the ability to write 12 or more subjects should be allowed to do so.

The Guyana Police Force intends to introduce a number of new campaigns to tackle the reckless use
of the roadways as road fatalities continue to climb.

More than 145 persons have already lost their lives for the year in road accidents, according to
figures provided by the Guyana Police Force. In the past two weeks alone, 20 persons have lost
their lives in road accidents.
The Guyana Police Force has indicated that as part of its efforts, there will be more police patrols and
more monitoring along the busy roadways especially during rush hour and at nights.

Additionally, the Force intends to regularly publish the names of persons caught speeding in the
media, hoping that the public shaming will deter others from using the roadways recklessly.

And finally at this time, international news…

Rescuers in Morocco have been using their bare hands as desperate search efforts continue
for survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake.

A total of 2,681 people are known to have died in the tremor - the
country's deadliest in 60 years.

Morocco's government is under pressure to accept more international

aid, as rescuers battle with exhaustion.

So far, it has accepted help from only four countries.

Officials defended the response, and said it would be too chaotic if

teams from around the world suddenly arrived in Morocco.

The 6.8 magnitude tremor hit the High Atlas mountains south of
Marrakesh, and destroyed many rural and remote villages.

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