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There has been a return to face-to-face classes as part of efforts to curb pandemic learning losses but as unvaccinated teachers are locked out of schools, the News Room was able to confirm that some children are not being taught online or otherwise. Since the reopening of schools on September 06, there have been reports […]

Even as the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has been protesting decisions made by the Education Ministry to help keep teachers safe through vaccinations, and levelling criticisms against the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, the minister says she is open to talks with the union. She said this on Wednesday at the sidelines of an event held at […]

The Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, has announced that the National Grade Six Assessment 2021 will be administered to Grade Six students in August. The Grade Six exams are usually held in April but because of the COVID-19 pandemic they were postponed last year to July 1st and 2nd. Manickchand during a press conference yesterday […]

The National Assembly last Thursday passed unopposed a $25 billion budget for the Ministry of Education which Minister Priya Manickchand has described as “all about responding to COVID-19”. Addressing the Assembly during day three of the 2021 Budget Debate, Manickchand challenged her predecessor’s contention that the Budget has nothing for the management of COVID-19. “Given […]

Having engaged extensively with the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) to launch the Workforce Recovery Initiative in Guyana along with Coursera, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, has been recognised as a Commonwealth Wise Woman and is now a mentor on the Commonwealth Wise Woman Mentoring Project. The Education Minister was instrumental in launching the Workforce Recovery […]

Guyanese students in Grades Two, Four and Nine will not have to write the national assessment this year since classes were affected by coronavirus restrictions. The Education Ministry has assured parents that “the absence of these assessments will have no negative impact on the learners’ record.” Schools in Guyana were closed in March when the […]

Registration for first and sixth form students will begin at secondary schools countrywide this week. According to notices placed at schools, students who have recently received their National Grade Six Assessment results can start registering at the schools they were placed at between September 30th and October 2nd. To gain access to the admission form […]

Guyanese that have completed courses in various fields on the Coursera platform have collectively been awarded 11, 571 certificates. This is the data as of October 15, 2020. On September 5, 2020, Guyana through the Ministry of Education launched its leg of the Workforce Recovery Initiative program made possible through collaboration between the Commonwealth of […]

Education Minister Priya Manickchand has denied claims made in two WhatsApp voice notes that the Government will be cutting salaries paid to teachers and janitorial staff. In a post on Facebook, Manickchand said: “We value our teachers and cherish the cleaners who keep our teachers and children in clean environments.” She said the voice notes […]