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IQBAL CHAPTER PROJECT

IQBAL CHAPTER PROJECT. 06/05/2012 BY KHEMRAJ SOOKRAM. NAME OF COUNTRY. GUYANA Was a former colony of the Dutch and (for over 200 years ) the British. It is the only state of the commonwealth of nation on mainland south

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IQBAL CHAPTER PROJECT

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  1. IQBAL CHAPTER PROJECT 06/05/2012 BY KHEMRAJ SOOKRAM

  2. NAME OF COUNTRY • GUYANA Was a former colony of the Dutch and (for over 200 years ) the British. It is the only state of the commonwealth of nation on mainland south America, and the only one on that continent Where English is an official language .it is one of the few Caribbean countries that is not an island .it is Also a member of the Caribbean community • CONTINENT :SOUTH AMERICA

  3. REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVEL • Education in Guyana is provided largely by the government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Education and its arms in the ten different regions of the country. Guyana's education system is a legacy from its time as British Guiana, and is similar to that of the other The Education System is divided into eleven districts, ten of which correspond to the national administrative and geographical regions of the country, while the capital, Georgetown, is treated as a separate education district. With 8.3% of its GDP spent on education, Guyana sits with Cuba, Iceland, Denmark and Botswana as among the few countries with top spending on education.

  4. SCHOOLS BELOW THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL • nursery school • secondary School • School of Agriculture These are the school below the university level • Literacy rate of population ( HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN READ ) The literacy rate in Guyana, a country in the continent of South America , is 99 % with a rank of 21 out of 194.

  5. TYPES OF RELIGIONS • Christianity and Hinduism are the dominant religions in Guyana. Data from a 2002 census on religious affiliation indicates that approximately 57 percent of the population is Christian. The composition of that population is: • Pentecostal, 17% • Roman Catholic, 8% • Anglican, 7% • Seventh-day Adventist, 5% and • other Christian groups, 20%. • Approximately 28 percent is Hindu, 7 percent is Muslim (mostly Sunni), and 2 percent practice other beliefs, including the Rastafari movement and the Baha'i Faith. An estimated 4 percent of the population does not profess any religion.

  6. EXISTING CHILD LABOR LAWS • The Factories Act and Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act of 1999 sets the minimum age for employment at 14 years. The Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act prohibits children from working in “industrial undertakings” or on a ship, unless their family members are employed in those undertakings.  Penalties are a fine of USD 30 for the first offense and USD 12 for subsequent offenses. Forced labor is prohibited by the Constitution. Prostitution of a child under 13 years is illegal according to the Criminal Law Offenses Act. Sections 83-86 of the Act prohibit the abduction of unmarried girls.  Although there is no particular offense of child pornography in Guyana, Section 350 of the Act regulates selling, publishing, or exhibiting an obscene matter. The Ministry of Labor lacks sufficient inspectors to enforce child labor laws effectively, according to the U.S. Department of state

  7. MOST IMPORTANT EXPORT PRODUCTS OF GUYANA • Agriculture was once the chief economic activity in Guyana, despite the coastal plain which comprised only about 5 percent of the country's land area being suitable for cultivation of crops. Much of this fertile area lay more than one meter below the high-tide level of the sea and had to be protected by a system of dikes and dams, making agricultural expansion expensive and difficult. In the 1980s, there were reports that the 200-year-old system of dikes in Guyana was in a serious state of disrepair. Guyana's remaining land area is divided into a white sand belt, which is forested, and interior highlands consisting of mountains, plateaus, and savanna. 2% of the land is arable land. • Today sugar and rice are the most important primary agricultural products, as they had been since the nineteenth century. Sugar was produced primarily for export whereas most rice was consumed domestically. Today in Guyana sugar production generates the most revenue in the primary industry, at around 15% of the total annual GNP. Other important crops include wheat, bananas, coconuts, coffee, cocoa, citrus fruits, pepper and pumpkin and livestock commodies from the country's various cattle ranches including beef, pork, poultry, dairy products and fish, notably shrimp. In some areas peanuts are also an important crop. Many of these products including rice are of extreme importance to national food security within the country. Small amounts of vegetables, vegetable oil and tobacco are also produced. During the late 1980s, some farmers succeeded in diversifying into specialty products such as heart-of-palm and asparagus for export to Europe.

  8. GROSS PER CAPITA INCOME • Economy of Guyana Currency Guyanese dollar (GYD) Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organizations CARICOM, WTO Statistics GDP $4,877 billion (2009 est.) GDP growth 2.3% (2009 est.) GDP per capita $6,477 (2009 est.) GDP by sector agriculture: 24.5%; industry: 23.6%; services: 51.9% (2009 est.) Inflation (CPI) 5.2% (2009 est.) Gini coefficient 43.2 (1999) Labor force 333,900 (2007 est.) Labor forceby occupation agriculture, hunting and forestry 30.2%, commerce 16%, manufacturing 11% (2007 est.) Unemployment 11% (2007) Main industries bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining Ease of Doing Business Rank 114th. External Exports $763 million (2009 est.) Export goods sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber Main export partners Canada 27.52%, U.S. 16.93%, U.K. 10.84%, Ukraine5.54%, Netherlands 5%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.33%, Jamaica 4.12% (2009) Imports $1.161 billion (2009 est.) Import goods manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food Main import partners U.S. 25.23%, Trinidad and Tobago 23.23%, Cuba 6.41%, China 6.05% (2009) Gross external debt $804.3 million (30 September 2008) Public finances Revenues $493.7 million Expenses $596.9 million (2009 est.) Economic aid $84 million Foreign reserves $317 million (31 December 2009 est.)

  9. COMPARATION • Medical school(section Guyana) Pakistan and the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Nairobi ... Guyana: In Guyana the medical schoolis accreditated by the National ... • Indophobia (redirect from Indophobia in Pakistan) For the upholders of the Ideology of Pakistan, the existence of ... and often in direct contrast with, interpretations of history found in India. ... • Harbhajan Singh forced to miss the First Test in Guyana After taking only six wickets ... the early 2005 series against Pakistan on his home ground in Mohali ... • Geoffrey Boycott Appointed vice-captain for the tour of Pakistan and New Zealand that ... in which Boycott played This compares with England's 34.76% victory ... • Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin Bhutan , China , Nepal , Pakistan , or Sri Lanka The prohibited ...Indo-Caribbean's are the largest ethnic group in Guyana and Trinidad and ... • Demographics of New York City population, and Bangladeshi s and Pakistani s at 0.7% and 0.5%, respectively ... China , Jamaica , Guyana , Mexico , Ecuador , Haiti , Trinidad ...

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