CARICOM Secretariat hosts schools leading up to Guyana’s Republic Day

Guyana’s Republic Day or Mashramani as it is popularly called will be celebrated on Monday 23 February. As is customary, schools from as far as Berbice visited the CARICOM Secretariat as part of activities to mark the event. Some of the Schools that visited included the Canje Secondary School, the Saraswat Primary School and the Vryheid’s Lust Primary School. Many primary and secondary schools  tour various organizations and institutions in Georgetown such as the President’s Office, the CARICOM Secretariat, and the Ogle Airport as part of their Mashramani activities. The students said they were very excited to see the inside of the building. They  also conveyed that they learned a lot from the experience and promised to share what they learned with peers from their school who did not get the opportunity to visit.

[su_box title=”Mashramani” style=”soft” box_color=”#54c0f0″]Mashramani – an Amerindian word that means ‘celebration after hard work’ – was first observed when the country became a Republic on February, 23, 1970.  The idea originated since 1966 on the attainment of nationhood when  a social group, the JAYCEES, of Linden, began to plan  a carnival for  Linden for the  celebration  of the achievement of Independence on May 26.[/su_box]