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Minister of Education Priya Manickchand engaged in a pre-Phagwah celebration on Friday. Ahead of today’s celebrations, the government has announced restrictions, including prohibiting large events and limiting the attendance at mandirs to 40% capacity, due to COVID-19. Gatherings on trucks, canters or other vehicles carrying alcohol are not allowed. The Health Ministry has also advised […]

The first of its kind in one of the country’s largest housing schemes, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, the Westminster Secondary School is finally complete and will be one of the most resourced schools in the country, says Minister of Education Priya Manickchand. After a visit to the spanking new facility, constructed at a […]

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has announced that the eligibility deadline qualifying new entrants into the public education system for the Government of Guyana’s Because We Care cash grant has been extended to July 31, 2021. At the beginning of the distribution of the cash grant, parents or guardians of students who are now entering […]

The Education Ministry is consulting Grade Six teachers and parents across the country on the way forward for this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). The exams play a vital role in determining what secondary school a child attends. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand stated that 2021 should possess a higher degree of certainty as […]

With efforts being made to transition students into physical classrooms, Education Minister Priya Manickchand expects that tertiary institutions will return to face-to-face classes in the New Year. She said this while speaking at an end-of-year media engagement at the Cara Lodge on Monday. As part of that engagement, she highlighted some of the ministry’s plans […]

The Ministry of Education today announced that two Queen’s College students are the top performers at the regional level for the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) assessments. At a ceremony held at the NCERD building, Kingston,  Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand said that results were based on data […]

Over 13, 000 pupils who wrote the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) this year may not start their secondary education until January 2022. Education Minister Priya Manickchand Friday said that what is usually the Christmas term may have to be removed for these pupils since the academic year 2021/2022 will not be dragged out. “Different […]

The Ministry of Education on Friday announced that some schools would be reopened on a rotational basis, as part of efforts to stem learning loss. The Education Minister Priya Manickchand said secondary schools would be reopened according to the vaccination plan. The Assistant Chief Education Officer (Nursery), Samantha Williams said 41 of 348 Nursery schools […]

Ahead of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), which will be written on August 4th and 5th, 2021, Grade Six pupils will be able to benefit from extra video tutoring,  daily, through an ‘NGSA booster’ programme developed by the Ministry of Education. This programme was launched on Friday at the National Centre of Educational Resources Development […]

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday urged teachers to be wary of those who do not have anything to offer them other than criticising initiatives, even as she announced a welfare package of discounts, insurance, health initiatives, continuing training and annual awards. She said the Ministry of Education has provided each COVID-19 positive teacher […]