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“What we have said very clearly, is that if teachers want to do extra tuition, they can—so the schools are opened for extra tuition, but the teachers cannot charge for it in the school and you cannot run a private business of lessons in a school.”- Manickchand Minister of Education, Ms. Priya Manickchand says that […]

As part of its efforts to address a shortage of teachers, the Ministry of Education just recently decided to introduce smart classrooms. With this feature in place, it is expected that a teacher would be able to deliver sessions from a classroom in Georgetown and have it transmitted simultaneously to another classroom in a remote […]

As the fifth week of strike action at the University of Guyana (UG) winds down, workers of the tertiary institution are reiterating their vow to continue industrial action if there is no acceptable offer to their salary increase and other demands. At the same time, many students of the institution are embracing the University of […]

The Ministry of Education, yesterday, commissioned North Ruimveldt Secondary School (NRSS) as an A- List School and also launched its first Interactive smart classroom.According to the Education Ministry, there are five National or Senior Secondary Schools in Guyana and now they have added North Ruimveldt Secondary School to that list. There are also Junior Secondary […]

STILL in the Mash spirit, many persons were seen gathering yesterday to ‘gaff’ about Mash Day activities. After having a ‘whale of a time’ along the parade route in the blazing sun, persons returned to work yesterday all hyped up about the just-concluded festivities. Costume Bands ‘took to de road’ from 10:00 hrs, each charting […]

WHILE the line of the Alliance, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), has been to attack the nomination of Elisabeth Harper as the ruling Party’s prime ministerial candidate, there have been many expressions of support for her by way of noticeable outpouring of this on popular social media platforms. Harper […]

President Donald Ramotar says that the loss of seven lives on Friday, including six school children, is truly a national tragedy. The Head of State, along with Minister of Education, Dr. Priya Manickchand, visited the parents of the dead children who perished after the vehicle that their teacher was driving, ended up in a canal […]

In a surprise move,the PPP/C this morning announced Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elisabeth Harper as its prime ministerial candidate for the May 11th general election. Harper, a career diplomat, had not been mentioned before for the post. Her boss, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett had been tipped for the position. […]

THE Guyanese nation is still reeling from news of the shocking accident on the Burma Branch Road in Mahaicony (Region 5) that has left a teacher and six of her students dead.The teacher and six students of the Augsburg Primary School died by apparent drowning yesterday afternoon after the vehicle they were travelling in ended […]

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, says that it is wrong for people to use children to protest at schools across the country. The Minister was speaking on Thursday at Port Mourant, Corentyne, during the launch of the new Primary Readers Series of locally- produced textbooks.   Over the past days, the Ministry of Education (MoE) […]