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...
Recipients of Honorary Doctorates advocate for end to racism
By Bibi Khatoon “I am a creator of words, music and groove to touch your heart and to touch your...
$16.3M Mobile Counselling Unit for students
In an effort to provide welfare services to students with minimal resources, the Education Ministry on Monday commissioned a mobile...
New awards introduced as UG set to graduate over 1,600 students
After what was described as ‘a total disgrace’ last year, the University of Guyana has decided to host three Convocation...
Gov’t/ GTU sign agreement on wage increase, other benefits
The Education Ministry and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on Wednesday afternoon signed an agreement to pave the way for...
World Bank ranks Guyana below Caribbean average on education, health
A World Bank report on the global state of human capital paints a grim picture of Guyana, revealing that this...
Teachers will benefit ‘significantly’ from deal with Gov’t – Union
By Bibi Khatoon After a meeting, which lasted for six and a half hours, officials of the Education Ministry and...
Teachers, Government agree to salary increases
The Union representing the country’s thousands of teachers have finally come to an agreement with the Government, staving off a...
All smiles as teachers, Gov’t anticipate resolution to wage dispute
The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) are expecting to soon have a full resolution to the...
UG to honour four Guyanese with Honorary Doctorates
The University of Guyana’s academic board has approved the petition of Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith to confer Honorary Doctorates on...
Spanish added to curriculum of Police training
The Guyana Police Force has added Spanish into the curriculum of the Police training to better serve Spanish speaking persons...
29 Trainers sign contracts to improve Math performance
To improve the overall performance of Mathematics among students at the secondary school level, the Education Ministry has begun training...
GTU prepared to go to court if gov’t penalizes teachers
The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) says it is prepared to take the government to the court if action is taken...
US$8.8M contracts signed to build Secondary schools
The Ministry of Education today signed multi-million dollar contracts for the construction of two new Secondary schools on the coast....
UG gets $5M for Constitutional Reform education
The University of Guyana on Thursday received $5M from the Government to fund Constitutional Reform education. The cheque was handed...
Main unions back teachers in new strike threat
The two major trade union umbrella bodies in the country are likely to take to the streets in solidarity with...
Gov’t warns of ‘legal consequences’ if teachers strike again
The Ministry of Education has warned of legal consequences if teachers engage in any form of industrial action. Following nearly...
Teachers’ Union says being bullied to accept Prof. Leyland Lucas to lead arbitration panel
Professor Leyland Lucas has been proposed by the Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour to head the arbitration panel...
Big jump seen in literacy, numeracy among 8,000 hinterland children
An estimated 8,000 hinterland nursery and primary-level (Grade One) children have seen significant improvements in emergent literacy and numeracy following...
