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…President Ramotar as he launches $10,000 education grant IF ever a nation will grow, it must think long-term and focus on education and human capital. This is really the recurring focus for the PPP/C Administration, and it goes back to 1992, when the nation vested power in this incumbent. This twin-point was explained by President Donald […]

AFTER fire destroyed a wing of L’Aventure Secondary School at Canal Number One Polder, West Bank Demerara in September last year, Government set about its rebuilding, and yesterday, the new wing which was constructed to the tune of $37.4M was commissioned by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand. Following the early morning fire, the 700 students […]

– during celebration of International Day of Literacy 2014 THE Ministry of Education yesterday celebrated International Day of Literacy 2014 under the theme ‘The literacy revolution has begun’ with a literacy exhibition at Main Street, Georgetown. As part of the Ministry of Education’s National Literacy Action Plan under the theme ‘Literate by Grade 4 through […]

Shortage of furniture in classrooms is an unlikely challenge the Ministry of Education will be faced with this new school term which will commence on September 1. The Ministry of Education has been able to place additional furniture in schools. In a press statement yesterday, the Ministry of Education said that to date, more than […]

After months of development and testing, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will be launching its new Website, on Wednesday July 16, 2014. This new Website is in line with the Ministry’s efforts to meet the needs of the modern dynamic global environment of which Guyana’s education system is a part. An interactive portal with access […]

Stakeholders of President’s College (PC) including past students and board members yesterday met with the Minister of Education to discuss concerns about the school and the minister has now indicated that she will consider the possibility of opening the school to Georgetown students. During a round-table discussion at NCERD in Kingston, a number of issues […]

Defying the rules and regulations governing the placement of students at secondary level schools could see education officials being publicly dismissed. This candid assertion was made by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, during a verbal but constructive face-off between senior education officials and a faction of the alumni of President’s College yesterday.   Manickchand appealed […]

SOCIETAL psyche has been conditioned to celebrate male machismo that is mainly physical-based, with scant consideration, and even scantier applause, for the merits of all the ways women supersede male strengths and achievements; and even today, when an era is emerging where women are striding heights unimaginable in yesteryears, that challenge men in practically every […]

Stakeholders of President’s College (PC) including past students and board members yesterday met with the Minister of Education to discuss concerns about the school and the minister has now indicated that she will consider the possibility of opening the school to Georgetown students. During a round-table discussion at NCERD in Kingston, a number of issues […]

EDUCATION Minister Priya Manickchand, accompanied by Georgetown and regional education officers, visited East Berbice (Region Six) on Friday, July 11, to continue consultations with parents and guardians on Government’s new initiative to give each school-age child a grant of $10,000. The Minister and her entourage were warmly received by Region Six residents, who braved the rains […]