– ‘Literacy Walk’ slated for todayUnder the theme ‘Child-friendly homes: child-friendly classrooms – quality education’, Education Month 2010 will be observed with a series of planned activities.Activities for the month which usually begins at the start of September officially got underway Monday, the first day of the new school term,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, with Education Minister Shaik Baksh delivering the keynote address to mark the observance.This will be followed by a series of reading campaigns at the Seawall, Lodge Community Centre, the Botanical Gardens and at the Albouystown gym. This campaign will be open to children of all age groups and the objective is to stimulate their interest in reading and to promote the subject as an enjoyment activity.During the exercises, children will be exposed to a wide array of literature as well as demonstrations on the art of reading and comprehension. The campaign, according to information emanating from the Ministry of Education, is crafted to be in keeping with the theme of Education Month and parents are encouraged to accompany their children to the interactive sessions.‘International Literacy Day’ is being observed today, and the National Literacy Unit in conjunction with the Department of Education, Georgetown, has organised a ‘Literacy Walk’ as a part of the observance of both Education Month and International Literacy Day.There are three starting points for the walk: St. George’s High School in Company Path, Tutorial High School in Woolford Avenue and Brickdam by Smith’s Memorial Church.? Children wearing headdresses, bibs and sashes with appropriate slogans will walk through the streets chanting, sharing flyers and spreading the word that they want to stay in school,Wholesale China Jerseys, and urging parents to encourage them to develop a hunger for reading. They will also be saying to teachers “We want to learn as much as we can”.Throughout the streets of Georgetown, about 500 school children from primary and secondary schools along with their teachers, Literacy Educators and Ministry officials will use this opportunity to bring to the attention of the public the importance of literacy and especially women’s literacy in the attempt to achieve “Child-friendly Homes: Child-friendly Classrooms – Quality Education.”The walk will culminate with a rally at the Police Sports Club Ground,Wholesale China Jerseys, Eve Leary, where the gathering will be treated to a short cultural presentation. There will also be an address by Principal Education Officer, Marcel Hutson.Tomorrow, a debating competition for senior teachers will be held at the Richard Ishmael Secondary School and this will be followed by a ceremony to honour the winners of an essay competition which was organised by the Guyanese Assisting in Development (GUYAID) and the Ministry of Education at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD).On September 15, some 1,000 students drawn from schools countrywide, and who had secured a 98 percent attendance rate in the last academic year, will be presented with a certificate in recognition of their achievement. The primary school and the secondary school with the highest attendance rate in the country,Adidas Hockey Jerseys Cheap, apart from receiving certificates,NFL Jerseys Outlet, will be given special prizes for the distinction at a grand ceremony billed for the National Gymnasium.A nursery school quiz competition will get started at the East La Penitence Primary School on September 16 and this will lead up to round one of the Joseph Oscar Fitzclarence (JOF) Haynes debating competition which is set to begin on September 21 at the Diamond Secondary School.On September 23, a national parents’ symposium covering a wide area of interest will be held at the Pegasus Hotel and on September 26 visitors who frequent the serene ambience of the Botanical Gardens will be given a treat when the Allied Arts Unit hosts a steel band presentation there.On September 27, the judging of child-friendly schools will begin in Regions Two,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, Six and Georgetown followed by an education fair billed for the Ministry of Education’s Soft Ball Ground on Carifesta Avenue.That venue will also host the activities for a sports day slated for the following day.International Teachers’ Day will be held on October 5 and Minister Baksh will deliver an address and participate in an award presentation to mark the occasion, which will be held at the National Cultural Centre.Meanwhile, World Teachers’ Day, which will also mark part of the observance will be observed under the theme: “Recovery begins with Teachers”.Act