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THE Ministry of Education yesterday launched the Atlantic Reader Books 1, 2 and 3 at the Port Mourant Primary School in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).Delivering the feature address at the event, President Donald Ramotar congratulated the Ministry’s team for the initiative which he said should be seen as a beginning for much more to come, […]

THE Ministry of Education yesterday launched the Atlantic Reader Books 1, 2 and 3 at the Port Mourant Primary School in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).Delivering the feature address at the event, President Donald Ramotar congratulated the Ministry’s team for the initiative which he said should be seen as a beginning for much more to come, […]

… as parents protest school closure  Within several days, the Ministry of Education on Brickdam has attracted protest action. On Tuesday, parents and supporters of students from St. John’s Secondary School at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, were protesting the closure of the school for the past two years by the Region Three administration. Protestors outside […]

THE rain did not stop the action as the Ministry of Education/Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) Children’s Mash Parade took the streets by storm on Saturday. With more than 50 entries for this year’s parade, it was a delight to see our children make their costumes come to life as they depicted current issues […]

AS the regions clashed yesterday to see who will be crowned the best at the Regional Children’s Mashramani Competition, the National Cultural Centre was filled with waves of excitement being emitted from the scores of children.  With lots of anxiety and wet palms, the participants at this year’s regional competition gave their best and their […]

Eighteen years after the passing of the Domestic Violence Act, its regulations were finally gazetted last month and officially launched yesterday by Human Services and Society Security Minister Jennifer Webster. Speaking at the launch at Cara Lodge yesterday, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said that while the regulations will never be the remedy for domestic violence in […]

THE Human Services and Social Security Ministry in another bid to “stamp out” the quiet tolerance of domestic violence yesterday launched the Domestic Violence Regulations, which address the deficiencies in the principal Act.Though the Domestic Violence Act of 1996 placed spotlight on the societal scourge, like any other, it was not a perfect legislation. The […]

—insists Union is deliberately misrepresenting facts While both sides have boasted of amicable working relations over the years, 2015 broke   with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) adopting what some have deemed “blame game” tactics.  This development has been in relation to the issues duty free concessions and the […]

The Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) examinations set for May 11, 2015 have been rescheduled. Moreover, the examinations scheduled for May 11 and May 12, 2015 will now be written by local candidates on June 15 and June 16, 2015 respectively. This means that local candidates will be sitting […]

Faced with widespread concern from parents and the general public, the Ministry of Education announced yesterday that CSEC and CAPE examinations set for May 11—the date named as election day—would now be shifted to June 15. Minister of Education Priya Manickchand made this announcement yesterday at a press conference during which she also revealed that the […]