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Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has finally responded to critics, asserting that her Ministry’s ambitious programme to improve Mathematics and English at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination has been heartening.  The Minister has revealed that while the performances in the two subject areas have declined Caribbean-wide, the 26 schools in which the […]

It is refreshing to see ministerial initiative embedded in a results-oriented framework and targeted at enhancing service to the public.  There isn’t nearly enough of it and the truth is that ministerial impact has been overshadowed for the last 20 years by the command and control style of the PPP executive both in the Office […]

An alarming 67% of students failed Mathematics at the May/June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year, triggering a region-wide call to address the situation. The Caribbean Examina-tions Council (CXC) yesterday announced that only 33% of the entrants for the Mathematics examination achieved acceptable grades one to three—marking a continued decline over the last […]

Guyana’s performances have worsened in Mathematics and English A at the recent May/June Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC) examinations, with results in the two subjects falling below the declining regional averages. Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday said the ministry had already known of the weakness of students in the two core areas and measures have […]

Education Minister Priya Manickchand says while she is personally against corporal punishment being administered in schools many parents do not see such disciplining as abuse and hence the need for consultations. She added that what is addressed in the UN Conven-tion on the Rights of the Child, which Guyana has ratified, is child abuse and […]

Queen’s College emerged with the country’s top performers when the results were released yesterday for the Caribbean Advanced Profi-ciency Examinations (CAPE), with Upper Sixth Form Student Navindra Baldeo performing the best at that level. Baldeo attained Grade One passes in Caribbean Studies 1, Biology 2, Chemistry 2 and Environmental Science 2 and a Grade Three […]

Eighteen-year-old Queen’s College (QC) student, Jonelle James, is this year’s top performer at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). James, the daughter of Guyana Defence Force Colonel Sydney James, gained five grade ones, in Biology, Caribbean Studies, Chemistry, Food and Nutrition and Pure Mathematics. QC also produced several others top achievers, among them, Navindra Baldeo […]

“In recognizing me I want to say that you really have recognized all the staff members who you don’t see in the newspapers and you don’t see on the TV that work behind the scenes.”   This past weekend, the New York Guyana Medical and Humanitarian Mission (NYGM) held a special recognition ceremony, where Education […]

IN appreciation of her services to Guyanese while she held the   portfolio of Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Education Minister Priya Manickchand was honoured by the New York Guyana Medical and Humanitarian Mission (NYGM) at a ceremony, at the Hotel Tower on Saturday evening. Minister Manickchand has been a strong supporter of the mission’s […]

IN appreciation of her services to Guyanese while she held the   portfolio of Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Education Minister Priya Manickchand was honoured by the New York Guyana Medical and Humanitarian Mission (NYGM) at a ceremony, at the Hotel Tower on Saturday evening. Minister Manickchand has been a strong supporter of the mission’s […]