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 Strike: Conciliation then arbitration – Labour Dept.
The Ministry of Social Protection is holding out that the process of conciliation must be exhausted before the Ministry of...
“We fear nothing” – GTU prepared for audit
“We fear nothing,” is what the General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) had to say in response to...
Gov’t refuses conditions to call off strike
By Devina Samaroo The Ministry of Education Wednesday afternoon turned down a proposal made by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU)...
GTU will call off strike if conditions are met
Teachers are willing to call off a countrywide strike only if a request by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for...
Auditor General receives request to probe GTU’s finances
Auditor General, Deodat Sharma has received a request for an investigation into the finances of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU),...
QC parents skeptical about Trainee Teachers, Retirees
By Bibi Khatoon One day after the Education Ministry announced its contingency plan to deal with the teachers strike, parents...
GTU willing to accept less than 40% increase
40% increase proposal was just a starting point for negotiations GTU says the strike could last as long as...
Retirees, 300 teachers from Cyril Potter College on standby as strike looms
The Ministry of Education has a contingency plan in place if the strike action by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU)...
Over 2000 school dropouts since 2016 – Pres. Granger
With a recorded 2,669 students having dropped out of school during the 2016-2017 academic year, President David Granger says his...
Henry assures that students will not be affected by teachers’ strike
Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry and other officials Saturday visited several schools in Georgetown and on the East Coast of...
St. Stanislaus College students attain 96% passes at CSEC, CAPE
St. Stanislaus College students attained 96.23% overall passes in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and 96.03% in the...
17 Guyanese to head off on UK Chevening Scholarships
Seventeen Guyanese will be heading to the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue a higher degree of education under the Chevening...
GTU no show for peace talks with Gov’t
The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) did not show up for a meeting Friday with the Ministry of Education which was...
Education Ministry, GTU invited to conciliatory talks
Press Release, Ministry of Education – Thursday, August 23, 2018 The Ministry of Social Protection (Labour) has this afternoon disclosed that...
‘Gov’t committing political suicide by fighting with Teachers’ – WPA
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) – a party in the APNU+AFC Government – has criticised the David Granger led administration...
600+ students failed at CSEC
Of 12,269 candidates who wrote the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations, over 600 students did not get grades...
QC students top CSEC, CAPE
Queen’s College students, Christian Pile, Aadilah Ali and Michael Bhopaul are this year’s top performers at the Caribbean Secondary Education...
Teachers strike still on; no agreement on salary increases
With just two weeks before the opening of the new school term, the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers...
