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courses. There are two campuses: The first is at Mon Repos, Demerara, while the other is in Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast.

GSA graduated the first batch of 15 students in 1966.

Programs include:

• Certificate in Forestry (since 1994)

• Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health (since 2007)

• Certificate in Fisheries Studies (since 2008)

• Certificate in Agro-Processing (since 2013)

The school has graduated 3,500 students in different fields of agriculture and forestry to address the development of skills and capacities of the actors involved in innovation, including farmers and their organizations, agricultural research, education and training institutions, extension and advisory services institutions, and the researchers and professionals working in the agricultural sector of Guyana and the Caribbean. Graduates have come from the Bahamas, Barbados, St Vincent, Dominica, St Vincent, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Nigeria, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Angola.

In 1970, GSA’S farming activities started with market gardening on a fifteenacre plot and a livestock farm. By 1980, the school grew to include 47 acres for rice production, a 50-acre orchard at Kurukururu, and a small carambola orchard at Mon Repos. A food processing unit was also developed to serve both for teaching and as a semi commercial agency. The school regularly participates in fairs to showcase innovation and processed products. The school has a GSA brand in which they sell porridge mix, pepper sauce, green seasoning, chicken/ham and cheese to the local market, and proceeds benefit the school.

The Cyril Potter College of Education

The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) is a higher education institution in Georgetown, Guyana. The school's main campus is in Turkeyen.

The college was established in September 1928. It was then known as the Teachers' Training Centre. Before 1928, local teachers traveled abroad for education, often in other Caribbean colleges such as Mico University College in Antigua, Shortwood Teachers College in Jamaica and Rawle College in Barbados. In 1942, the institution was renamed Government Training College for teachers (GTC).

In 1963, in addition to the full-time programme (this was referred to as PreService), a part-time programme (In-Service) was launched. The Pre-Service programme catered to students between the ages of 17 and 24, while the In-Service mode catered to those above the age of 24 together with relevant teaching experience. Pre-Service Secondary began in January 1969. It was referred to as the Multilateral Teachers' Training Programme. It was later called the College for Secondary Teachers and renamed the Lillian Dewar College of Education in honour of a woman who had given distinctive service to secondary education in Guyana.

In 1974 the College moved to newly completed building at Turkeyen. In 1976, it was renamed the Cyril Potter College of Education in honour of Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter, the first Guyanese principal of the institution.

Formal In-Service Nursery Training (NNTP) started in 1980. By 1983, all teacher-training was done at the Turkeyen campus. In September 1985, PreService and In-Service Training activities were amalgamated under one administrative body.

In 2011, the Ministry of Education established the need for technical and voca tional teachers.

The school received a donation from the government of China in order to improve their science facilities.

As a response to COVID19 measures, in 2020 the Ministry of Education launched an online teacher training programme for CPCE.

The main economic activities in the county of Demerara are:

• the cultivation of rice, sugarcane • Agriculture

• Coconut, green vegetables, fruits and ground provisions the rearing of

livestock e.g. cattle, pigs, poultry • Bauxite Mining

Vocabulary Building: Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminum content. It is the world's main source of aluminum and gallium.

Guyana's mines yield a high-quality calcined bauxite, with uses in the refractory, abrasive and chemical markets for high temperature applications. Guyana's reserves of bauxite was known to be 350-million-tons. Major mining sites are at Linden, south of Georgetown, and Kwakwani on the Berbice River..

Today we looked at the beautiful County of Demerara. In our next lesson we will examine The County of Berbice.

Until next time, stay safe, boys and girls!