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When the National Assembly resumed for Day Three of the ongoing budget debates on Thursday, former Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry opened the session with calls for the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) to recognise the groundwork laid by the former Coalition Government for several educational projects currently being rolled out. Henry accused the PPP/C […]

Based on surveys done by the Ministry of Education, some 50 per cent of teachers are vaccinated and Minister of Education Priya Manickchand is optimistic that teachers will turn out to schools on Monday. The new academic year begins on Monday, September 6 and each school will be reopening for face-to-face learning based on individualised plans […]

Education Minister, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday said the goal for the reopening of schools remains September 2021 once it is safe to do so. She, however, assured that the decision on a date will only be made once health authorities give the green light. But in so doing, the minister has also expressed concern with […]

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that all students heading into the examinations offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) must be allowed to view their School-Based Assessment (SBA) grades before they sit the examination. “We are still hearing complaints that students are not seeing their SBA grades before they go into exams,” the Education […]

The Ministry of Education met on Monday with students of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary School who are scheduled to begin their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination shortly. Also apart of the meeting were the parents of the students. On Saturday last, the teaching block of the school was destroyed by fire. This building housed […]

The National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will likely be held in July/August this year, according to Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand. In a social media post on Thursday, Manickchand said the exams will not be held in March/April as per usual due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. She further noted that the country […]

(STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION) (August 19, 2021) – The National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2021 has successfully come to an end having been administered under the safest conditions in the middle of a pandemic. The Ministry of Education is grateful for all the work done by the teachers, education officers, parents and our students […]

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Tuesday night slammed the opposition for opposing and criticising the distribution of the education cash grants which entitles every public school student to $19,000. General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers Union and APNU Parliamentarian Coretta McDonald posted on her Facebook page that “Headteachers, you were trained as an EDUCATOR […]

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, sounded a warning to contractors who are executing works for the Ministry of Education (MoE) to finish them within the agreed contractual timeline or face the possibility of contract termination. The Education Minister made the pronouncement Wednesday during a visit to the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus where she […]

Full time face-to-face learning will resume for some academic levels in 2022, according to Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand. During an address to the media on Monday, the minister said that fulltime face-to-face learning will re-commence in January 2022, for grades 8 to 12. She noted that the students have been given sufficient time to […]