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The Ministry of Education has noted the uncaring and unconscionable call for strike action by the Guyana Teachers Union; we condemn this action as irresponsible and not reflective of the realities of the present state of the COVID-19 pandemic nor the needs of the nation’s children. Here are the facts; our children have been home […]

Though Guyanese students have not been spared from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, highlighted that these students prefer to sit the examinations offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) this year. She made this statement on Tuesday at the sidelines of an event held at the National Centre for […]

The adolescent COVID-19 vaccination programme continued yesterday at the St. Joseph High School on Woolford Avenue and saw another huge turnout. The Ministries of Health and Education continued their collaboration to administer Pfizer vaccines to children between the ages of 12 and 17. Yesterday’s drive catered for students attending the St. Joseph High, North Georgetown […]

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, on Friday, commissioned smart classrooms at the New Amsterdam Secondary and the Skeldon Line Path secondary schools. While at the New Amsterdam Secondary School, Minister Manickchand said that she was very excited to be commissioning the smart classroom in the region, making it the first such facility commissioned in the […]

One student each from every educational district in Guyana wAS awarded US$1,000 (GY$200,000) along with a trophy on Friday at the Guyana-China Friendship Youth Leadership Development Awards. Participating students had to focus on three areas – a community-based project, critique a piece of art either visual or performing or physical fitness activity. The competition was […]

Fresh off the heels of CAPE being launched in Region Two at the Anna Regina Secondary school last Friday, Region Three is now offering the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations to their students for the first time via the West Demerara Secondary school. Eleven students from the West Demerara School are currently enrolled in the CAPE […]

With a growing population in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that more schools and other educational facilities are needed there. Already, the construction of a nursery school has started at Parika, East Bank Essequibo. The Education Minister, however, noted that primary schools are needed at Tuschen and at La […]

The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) will soon have a full online school to train teachers who cannot access its physical facilities, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand announced on Friday. She said the aim is to create a strong teaching service, noting that in 1992, there were about 30 per cent trained teachers and […]

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, on Tuesday again reiterated that the ministry will not be tolerant of lengthy delays for its projects. She made this point following a visit to the Good Hope Secondary School. The school is currently under construction but should have been completed since January 2020 following a contract awarded in 2018 […]

Dorm schools, like other secondary schools across Guyana, will be reopened in accordance with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme for children. This is according to Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, who was engaging reporters on Wednesday at the sidelines of an event held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) at Liliendaal, Georgetown. […]