Just over 63 per cent of teachers in Guyana have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, while approximately 30 per cent of the students eligible for vaccination have been inoculated.
This information was provided by Guyana’s Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand.
Minister Manickchand noted that through several measures implemented by Guyana’s education ministry, there has been an encouraging increase in the number of inoculated teachers in the system.
“We actively tried to get each teacher what they needed. We saw movement from 30 per cent of our teachers being vaccinated to just over 63 per cent getting vaccinated at last count,” she explained.
She noted that it is important for the teachers, as well as students, to be vaccinated. With the students, however, the vaccination rate has been lower than with the teachers.
