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.
Slightly more than one-half of the total population of Guyana is made up of East Indians, whose ancestors came from the Indian subcontinent. Another 43 percent of the people are of black African descent or of mixed background. Approximately 2 percent are Native Americans. In addition, small numbers of Europeans and Chinese live in Guyana. About 90 percent of the people live along the coast, and 62 percent are classified as rural.
Guyana is a water-rich country. Numerous rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean, generally in a northward direction.