Category: Articles

THE Progressive Youth Organisation, yesterday, issued a statement congratulating the ruling People’s Progressive Party on organising a successful congress which will pave the way for the PPP’s future development. “We strongly endorse the call made, by the PPP’s General Secretary and President of Guyana Donald Ramotar, to ‘rise, organise and rebuild’ the party. The PYO […]

…but insists on replacement measure Although the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is not opposed to the removal of Corporal Punishment from the local school system, it is however insisting that a decision to ultimately halt the practice would require a “tried and proven” replacement. This disclosure was made by President of the Union, Mr Colin […]

The Learning Channel owns 20 satellite dishes, 16 dish stands, 17 antennas, 17 receivers and purchased these, along with the service to install them, at a cost of $6.987 million from TVG. Among the interior locations where the Channel reaches are Port Kaituma and Mabaruma in Region One, Mora Point in Region Seven, Mahdia in […]

THE Status of Women Committee of the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) yesterday hosted their 36th Biennial Women’s conference at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. This event is a part of the programme of activities for the 36th Biennial Caribbean Union of Teachers Conference being hosted in Guyana from August 4-9, 2013 […]

The ruling Peoples Progressive Party is heading to Berbice this weekend for one of its most crucial congress in its 50-year history. One of the high points will be the elections of members of the Central Committee…some 35 of them, with another five as alternates. This time Around, several longtime faces would be missing from […]

As an impromptu task to Grade 11 student they were asked to give a thank you on the occasion of the Minister coming to visit their school and this is one of the responses: Thank you Minister PRIYA MANICKCHAND: Entering the political scene in 2006 as one of the youngest Ministers anywhere in the world, […]

Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of The Benab Foundation, the budding non-profit organization recently featured in an article in SN entitled ‘Young people initiate citizen solutions.’ Objective journalism is about truth, not opinion; it seems that much of the truth about The Benab Foundation, and our message, was obscured in this article.   […]

Dear Editor, From all appearances the Ministry of Education (MOE) continues to place “new wine into an ancient wineskin”.   As a consequence, intended outcomes never seem to materialize, and the unintended outcomes are seldom anticipated, or catered for.   Needs at every level have changed, but MOE appears incapable of adapting. The MOE desperately needs to […]

Ever since the “Common Entrance” Examination replaced the former County Scholarship Examination in the 1960s there has always been much publicity about the ‘top’ performers.  This trend has continued through the years even when the examination became known as the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination (SSEE).  By law all Primary Schools pupils who are over 10 […]

Some experts believe the time has come for Guyana as a nation to seriously consider streaming as a means of effectively addressing particular educational needs of the country’s children and consequently raise overall standards in the education system. Streaming is the grouping of children by age and ability for the purpose of effective teaching and […]