Task 1  (Continued) 
  
    - To improve the competitiveness of existing  industries and to facilitate the sustainable development of new enterprises,  thereby supporting economic diversification.
 
    - To increase Guyana’s international  competitiveness in the delivery of goods and services to the global marketplace.
 
    - To develop pertinent, strategic and focused  network infrastructure to enable access to information and knowledge.
 
    - To support national programmes and initiatives  which foster social cohesion.
 
    - To ensure access to reliable ICTs at the lowest  sustainable prices so that all Guyanese have the opportunity of participating  in the information and knowledge society.
 
    - To create a new generation of citizens that can  use ICTs to leapfrog Guyana’s development.
 
    - To development and implement the necessary  policies, laws and regulations that support the sustainable development of the  ICT sector.
 
    - To modernise Guyana’s public administration,  industry, commerce and communication sector.
 
    - To support initiatives to encourage innovation  and creation in the ICT sector.
 
  
 
Teachers should be able to identify key characteristics of classroom practices and specify how these characteristics serve to implement policies. (TL.1.a)
Total 3 hours