Education
Skeldon Linepath Secondary School student wins SHOUT4Change 2026
Read full press release from Recovery Guyana: Randy Mangal of Skeldon Linepath Secondary School is this year’s ‘Top National Youth Environmental Advocate’ after winning Recover Guyana’s SHOUT4Change Competition. The four-phased competition, open to secondary schools across Guyana to engage more youths in environmental protection and preservation, concluded on World Environment Day, Friday, June 5, 2026....
Disciplinary hearings for teachers seen mistreating child at David Rose school to be completed in 10 days
In about 10 days, the disciplinary hearing process involving two teachers seen mistreating a child at the David Rose Special...
Pupils undertake reading assessment in braille
See below the full release from the Ministry of Education: The Ministry of Education has achieved a historic milestone in...
Guyana’s education reforms spotlighted in World Bank Caribbean series
By Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.gy Guyana’s Deputy Chief Education Officer with responsibility for hinterland education, Marti DeSouza, has highlighted key reforms...
Chief Instructor Shellon Lynch: Breaking barriers and empowering women
At the Mahaicony Technical and Vocational Training Centre, 36-year-old Shellon Lynch has established herself not just as an instructor but...
Sasha Fraser and Alicia Ward: Breaking Barriers for Women in STEM
For years, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been a male-dominated field, often discouraging young women from pursuing careers...
2025 Children’s Mashramani Competition Finals: A dazzling showcase of dance and culture
The 2025 Children’s Mashramani Competition finals concluded on Friday, featuring interpretive, masquerade, and, for the first time ever, hip-hop dance...
Excitement high at Children’s Mashramani Competition finals
The Children’s Mashramani Competition Finals commenced on Thursday with an enthusiastic audience comprising schoolchildren in uniform and their teachers. Attendees...
‘Exceptional Learners’ Centre’ opens in Region Two with aim of transforming education
The Exceptional Learners’ Centre at Cottonfield, Essequibo Coast was commissioned on Wednesday. It is the first facility in Region Two...
$1.7B to rebuild Cottonfield Secondary School
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, on Wednesday officially turned the sod for the $1.7 billion reconstruction of the Cottonfield Secondary...
12 schools compete in the 2025 Guyana Monaco Mousetrap Car Grand Prix
The 2025 edition of the Guyana Monaco Mousetrap Car Grand Prix, held Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, saw...
Schools have rules, but ‘no child to be sent home for hairstyles’ – Manickchand
Following a recent post on social media about a schoolgirl who was sent home from the Yarrowkabra Secondary School because...
PPP/C will not rest until there is 100% pass rate in Math, English – Manickchand
Education Minister Priya Manickchand and Shadow Minister Coretta McDonald locked horns on Tuesday during the 2025 budget debate over the...
Special school being designed amid rising diagnoses of autism, intellectual disabilities
The Ministry of Education is currently designing an autism school as a rise in diagnoses for children with autism and...
“I will teach even if it’s one child. All I need is a willing heart.”
Retold by Faith Seabra Photography Avidesh Narine Teacher, parent, community. They are responsible for raising any child. And a country...
About 40% of teachers absent daily – Manickchand
A critical issue is currently plaguing the education sector – teachers’ absenteeism. This was revealed by Minister of Education Priya...
CPCE launches ‘pillars of inclusion’ programmes to enhance equitable education
The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) on Wednesday officially launched four new programmes designed to address certain gaps in...
AI can transform, shape sustainable future for Guyana – Christopher Clarke
Dr. Christopher Clarke, a Guyanese computer scientist, educator, and entrepreneur, has dedicated over a decade to the field of artificial...
$35.7M reconstructed Providence Nursery School commissioned
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand recently commissioned the newly reconstructed Providence Nursery School at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, a significant...
BUDGET 2025: $13.1 billion for ‘Free UG’ as education sector gets $175 billion allocation
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced that key initiatives in Guyana’s education sector, be it the construction of new schools...
Schools create bank accounts as $3.7B in school grants distributed last year
Dozens of schools have streamlined the distribution of school grants by opening bank accounts, ensuring funds are transferred efficiently and...
