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Mae’s graduation The 2018 graduating class of Mae’s Schools was charged by former Education Minister Priya Manickchand to envision the Guyana they would like to live in and involve themselves in work that would get the country there. The students were congratulated for their hard work and told that they were already winners as millions […]

Former Education Minister Priya Manickchand, in giving the charge to the 2018 Westfield Prep graduating class, challenged students to reject prejudices that have almost become part of our culture. Westfield Prep produced Guyana’s top student at the 2018 National Grade Six Assessment. Manickchand told the graduants that they will be met daily with outdated views, […]

Following a Facebook post by former Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, concerning the delay in publishing the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results, the Ministry of Education has announced that the results will be made public on Thursday, June 28, 2018. According to the former Minister of Education, “The NGSA ( common entrance) results have been […]

“Spread love, not hate” is the mantra that rang out during Guyana’s first gay pride parade, which took place on June 3, 2018. It was an event that allowed the country’s LGBT community the opportunity to step out of the cloak of invisibility and claim their right to be proud of who they are and […]

In a country where buggery remains illegal and gay rights are frowned upon by many, LGBTQ persons and supporters wore their rainbows proudly as they marched through city streets at Guyana’s inaugural Pride Parade on Saturday. Pride Parades have different purposes globally but for Guyana, it was just meant to be a platform for lesbians, […]

  The Ministry of Education, yesterday, kicked off the first in a series of Public Consultation Forums on grade retention, automatic promotions and corporal punishment in schools. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand was accompanied by several high level officers from the Ministry of Education (MOE) and met with school administrators and parents at the New […]

Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) and former Education Minister, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday underscored the recognition and equality that are enshrined in Guyana’s Constitution as it relates to women. However, she observed that even though much has been done to advance women’s rights, legislative changes are needed to ensure that women are treated equally to […]

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament (MP) Priya Manickchand has strongly defended the decision made by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to reject the two nominees put forward by President David Granger to fill the substantive vacancies in the offices of the Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary respectively. Manickchand, an Attorney-at-Law and former […]

PPP/C front bencher Priya Manickchand yesterday criticised senior government ministers, saying they have failed to tell the people how the administration will drive a turnaround in an economy that the Finance Minister has said has challenges. In her address on the proposed 2018 national budget, which she called a “dead end,” she argued that the […]

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