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...
Education Ministry reveals plan for online learning
Schools across Guyana remain closed until further notice in an effort to curb the spread of the deadly new Coronavirus....
Schools to remain closed until further notice
The National COVID-19 Task Force on Friday morning announced that schools will remain closed until further notice. The Ministry of...
CSEC, CAPE students to only sit Paper 1 exams
Students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) examinations in 2020 will do so...
Coronavirus: Schools to remain closed until new term
Considering the current situation, the Ministry of Education wishes to advise that schools will be closed for an additional week...
Coronavirus: UG shuts down campuses, to work online
See below full statement from the University of Guyana: UG Precaution Response to NCV- 19 The Transitional Management Committee (TMC),...
Coronavirus: National Grade Six exams postponed
The Ministry of Education has announced that the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) has been postponed until further notice as...
Education Ministry condemns attack on school children
The Ministry of Education has condemned the attack of four school children who were injured after the school bus they...
Annual Hackathon to develop software to help mining industry
The Ministry of Public Telecommunication says it’s giving women and young people an opportunity to develop software to find solutions...
NGO building house for stabbed Linden schoolgirl and family
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) identified as ‘Remigrant United’ has commenced construction of a house for 15-year-old Shashamani Williams who was...
US$92,000 fully air-conditioned, sound and dust proof school opens
A US$92,000 fully air-conditioned, sound and dust proof school was commissioned in Sand Hills along the Demerara River on Thursday;...
Jamaica urges schools to crack down on ‘tripping jump challenge’
Jamaica Gleaner – School administrators are being urged to crackdown on a new practice among students called the Jump Trip...
STEM Robotics to cater for persons with disabilities
Persons with disabilities over the years were not given equal access to skills training and education but this is about...
40 young Berbice mothers graduate from re-integration programme
Forty mothers graduated from the Ministry of Education’s Re-integration of Adolescent Mothers Programme in Region Six, East-Berbice – Corentyne Thursday....
Oil and gas: First batch of young Guyanese get training online
Eager and young students gathered at the Arthur Chung Conference, Greater Georgetown Monday to begin two online training courses that...
$30M Primary Schools commissioned in South Rupununi
Walking lengthy hours to school is now a thing of the past for students of two South Rupununi villages. These...
No efforts will be spared in dealing with indiscipline and violence in schools – Education Ministry
Education Minister Nicolette Henry on Friday visited the 15-year-old student of the Linden Foundation Secondary School who was stabbed during...
Millions on virus lockdown in China as WHO weighs response
BEIJING (Reuters) – China put millions of people on lock down on Thursday in two cities at the epicenter of...
$219 million to be spent on Mash 2020
Mashramani, or Mash, the annual celebration marking the country’s Republican status, will be bigger than ever this year, as this...
