Mackenzie High School

Mackenzie High school is a secondary school situated at Purple Heart Street, Mackenzie, Linden, Guyana. Admission is based on the Secondary School Entrance Examination (also known as Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment). Eligible students can be admitted to the school through the National Grade Six Assessment. History The history of Mackenzie High School (previously Echols High School) dates back to 1946. Until 1946 students from that riverine location had to travel to Georgetown if they wished to pursue secondary education. The journey undertaken by children, in those days, was not by road but sailing some 65 miles along the Demerara River. However, their parents were dissatisfied with that situation and a group of them, after World War II ended, explored the possibility of a school in the mining town. Parents initially undertook to employ and pay the teachers but, one year later, DEMBA accepted full responsibility for maintaining Echols High School with 26 children on roll.