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The Ministry of Education has announced that the marking of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) papers has been completed and it is on track to release the results by its Friday, June 27 deadline. Currently, the scripts are being processed nationally and all systems are in place and functioning optimally, to guarantee the release […]

GUYANA yesterday joined the rest of the Caribbean in launching the ‘New Generation’ of Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examination (CAPE) subjects at the Theatre Guild on Parade Street, Kingston.  After winning the Agricultural Science subject award since 2008, it was only fitting that Guyana should offer Agricultural Science at CAPE. Over the years, the Caribbean agricultural […]

Guyana Learning Channel has built 15 transmission facilities across the country as part of its programme to ensure coverage. According to the Ministry of Education yesterday, it has now reached as far as Ituni, in Region 10. The Ministry disclosed that it will soon be commencing a monitoring and evaluation programme to ascertain whether residents […]

HISTORY was created yesterday when one physically impaired and nine visually impaired students of the Guyana Society for the Blind sat Human and Social Biology at the CSEC examinations as the first of five subjects they are registered to write. Their participation facilitated by a voice-aided computer software, the ten students: Rosemarie Ramitt, Leroy Phillip, […]

The Resource Unit for the Visually Impaired was established to give special needs students the opportunity to receive quality education in a much more conducive environment. Yesterday, the unit located on Albert Street, Alberttown was officially commissioned by Education, Minister Priya Manickchand. There was an existing building. Some $7M was used to transform the building […]

Visually-impaired students across Georgetown will now have access to education which is specifically designed for them with the opening of the Ministry of Education’s Visually Impaired Resource Unit. At the opening ceremony yesterday, Principal Education Officer Baydewan Rambarran said that its presence is yet “another step in the continuum of [our] mandate to provide education, […]

– as Manickchand commissions Resource Unit for Visually Impaired THE Ministry of Education is in the process of developing a five-year strategic work plan aimed at delivering better special needs education service to the nation’s children.A great part of this strategic plan which is soon to be released will see numerous programmes, initiatives and new […]

EDUCATION Minister Priya Manickchand has disclosed that more students are now enrolling in the sciences for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams (commonly called CXC) which has started and will continue until June. The Education Minister said she expects Guyana to achieve greater success than before. In an invited comment, Minister Manickchand said “our students […]

AS we celebrate workers of all classes in our society today, we at the Ministry of Education salute and celebrate our hard working and dedicated teachers and administrative staff who work ardently every day to shape the young minds and the future of Guyana.  There are no set of words that can amply describe the […]

As we celebrate workers of all classes in our society today, we at the Ministry of Education salute and celebrate our hard working and dedicated teachers and administrative staff who work ardently everyday to shape the young minds and the future of Guyana. There are no set of words that can amply describe the importance […]