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...
Teachers’ Union to make next move as strike enters day four without gov’t engagement
Four days into a planned two-week strike by teachers across the country, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Thursday maintained...
Timehri’s female inmates benefit from training in tilapia rearing
Female inmates at the Timehri Prison in Region Four recently participated in a one-day practical training session on tilapia rearing...
‘Let’s deal with issues not personalities’ – Teacher wants personal attacks to stop
Bishops’ High School teacher, Shandrina Welcome – Lee called on her fellow teachers to desist from attacking and ‘bad talking’...
As teachers’ strike persist in bad faith, Gov’t halts deduction of union dues with immediate effect
The Ministry of Education continues to condemn the ongoing strike by some teachers across the country in a bid to...
$1.8B in school supplies cash grant for distribution this year; entire process being audited
The distribution of the school supplies cash grant commenced on Monday and Minister of Education Priya Manickchand said that a...
‘Most’ teachers turned out for work inspite of strike – Education Ministry
See below statement issued by the Ministry of Education: The Ministry of Education (MoE) continues to monitor the illegal strike...
Coretta urges gov’t to deduct salaries, says she has corporate ‘sponsor’ to reimburse striking teachers
The General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Coretta McDonald says she has a corporate sponsor to reimburse striking...
Beyond ‘Free UG’: Vice Chancellor calls for greater funding from private sector
The University of Guyana (UG), Guyana’s national university, graduates thousands of students each year and increasingly, those graduates are venturing...
Faster processing of teachers’ promotions soon- Manickchand promises
More teachers are being trained but their positions are not readily upgraded; as a result, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said...
Over 1,000 hinterland teachers now trained
Though there are more than 1,000 trained teachers in Guyana’s hinterland regions, Education Minister Priya Manickchand says many more are...
27 measures implemented to improve teachers’ lives
In light of a planned 10-day strike initiated by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), the Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain...
Bamia Primary School to be completed by April
The new Bamia Primary School in Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) should be completed by April 1, Minister of Local...
Budget 2024 caters for all public servants to get Spanish training- Parag
As she defended budgetary allocations for regional development on Thursday night, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Sonia Parag...
Jagdeo says Coretta McDonald untrustworthy with disguised ‘political strike’
The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has threatened to take industrial action from next Monday but Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo...
Guyana wins bronze medal at 2024 Caribbean STEM Olympiads
Please see below press release from Caribbean Science Foundation The Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF) held the second annual Caribbean STEM...
Marian students hold PE and Sport Expo
Fifth form Physical Education and Sport students of the Marian Academy on Saturday held an exposition at the school to...
Prohibited items found during search at Tutorial High School
The Department of Education Schools Welfare Unit (Georgetown) carried out a scheduled search on Thursday at the Tutorial High School...
31 PhD’s under donor-funded programme return to UG
See below the full statement issued by the University of Guyana: The University of Guyana (UG) has received a...
