In its re-election bid for the 2025 General and Regional Elections, the People’s National Congress (PNC) said it will invest heavily in early childhood care and education.
One of its promises is to introduce a monthly childcare allowance of $10,000 per child up to 16 years old.
But it was the PNC-led APNU+AFC administration, which during its term in office from 2015-2020, discontinued the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant initiative which was introduced in 2014 by the previous Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) administration.
The grant, which started at $10,000 per student in the public school system, was re-introduced by the Dr Irfaan Ali – led government upon its return to office in August 2020. To date, it has been increased to $50,000 per student (plus an additional $5000 uniform grant) and is now also accessible to children attending private schools.
Earlier this year, PNC Leader Aubrey Norton revealed that if his party wins the elections, his government would make sure that the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant is linked to attendance.
Meanwhile, on its website, the PNC is also promising to introduce an additional nutrition voucher of $2,500 per month per child up to 5 years old.
Currently, the PPP government has implemented an initiative to provide $100,000 for each baby born to a Guyanese mother. Additionally, under the PPP administration, there are various school feeding programmes countrywide.
The General and Regional Elections is set for September 1, 2025.
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