Guyana students turn Classroom skills into businesses
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In Guyana, the 2026 TVET Fair and Exposition showcased how students are applying technical and vocational education to create businesses and develop valuable skills.
The event, themed “From Classroom to Career: TVET in Action”, featured 58 exhibitors and highlighted students’ entrepreneurial ambitions. Students like Jencia Komal of Cummings Lodge Secondary School developed businesses from skills learned in school, Komal makes and sells Gel-X press-on nails, demonstrating how education can lead to income generation and economic contribution.
Uche Wehgae, also from Cummings Lodge Secondary School, created beauty kits to sell, showing an understanding of market needs and business practices. Organizers emphasize that this approach challenges the separation between academic and vocational learning, as modern economies need people with a wide range of practical abilities. Education Minister Sonia Parag noted that nearly half of the students taking the 2026 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations studied at least one TVET subject, an 8.9 per cent increase.
Around 2813 students will receive Caribbean Vocational Qualification certificates this year, indicating a growing recognition of the value of technical education as a path to employment, further training, or entrepreneurship. The focus on entrepreneurship helps students gain skills in areas like pricing, marketing, and financial responsibility, which are useful in any field.
