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Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand will be presenting a new Education Bill to the National Assembly today, Thursday June 19, which is expected to provide adequate frameworks for the delivery of high quality, contemporary education, to better develop each student’s potential and maximize their educational achievement. Some of the key areas of this new Education […]

Despite being touted for decades as one of the premier schools in Guyana, President’s College was noticeably missing from the list of top schools during the announcement of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results last week. At the press conference last Thursday, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand presented the cut-off marks for Queen’s College […]

PRESIDENT’S College (PC) has not lost its ‘stripes,’ Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said, as she defended her Ministry’s position in explaining why this senior secondary school has not been listed as one of the top five 6th Form schools. Minister Manickchand was speaking at a press briefing last Thursday at the National Center […]

Although it was created to be the country’s top secondary school with residential provision more than three decades ago, today President’s College no longer boasts this status. This development was confirmed by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, during a press conference hosted at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development last week. According to the […]

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has noted that the education system is poised for take-off given its current position, and that the teachers and parents of the East Street Nursery could help the sector achieve greater heights by ensuring the school works at its best. She was speaking today, at the commissioning of the new […]

While some might be wishing that they could be given a second chance to “put their best foot forward”, there are a few others who are in celebratory mode having performed remarkably at the 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). More than 15,000 pupils from across the country participated in the examinations which saw 12-year-old […]

Pupils of the Region One School where irregularities were detected following the April sitting of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will be required to re-sit the entire examination. This disclosure was made by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, during a press conference on Thursday to announce the national 2014 NGSA results. According to Manickchand, […]

JORREL De Santos of New Guyana School, who secured a total of 533 marks out of the maximum 540, has emerged as the top 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) candidate.  De Santos was followed by Aliah Mohamed from School of the Nations, who gained 531 marks and ranked second while Ravi Singh from Westfield […]

The identity of the top performing candidate at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will be revealed today by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand.   This publication has been able to ascertain that the top performing pupil attends a city primary school which will be among the schools that will be visited by the Minister […]