GOVERNMENT’s commitment to supporting and transforming the country’s education system remains strong, and achievements over the last years in both attendance and outstanding performance are testimony to prudent educational policies and programmes. This was reiterated by Education Minister, Priya Manickchand during a recent visit to several communities in the Mahaicony creek, Region 5 (Mahaica/Berbice). Following […]
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Education Minister confirms former NCERD head off the job
EDUCATION Minister Priya Manickchand on Thursday confirmed that Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the National Centre for Education Research Development (NCERD), Mohandatt Goolsarran, was no longer with the entity. She was at the time responding to a question from the Guyana Chronicle during a press conference in the auditorium of NCERD. The minister explained that her […]
Education Ministry reviews mounting Graduation cost
…Manickchand unhappy with financial burden on parents In Guyana when a child completes one level of education be it nursery, primary or secondary school, there is a graduation ceremony. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, believes that there is nothing wrong with having a child rewarded for the achievement, but says that the cost attached to […]
Facts About Linden Legal Aid
Priya Manickchand at odds with Emily Dodson over Linden Legal Aid Clinic Dear Editor, I saw an article in the Kaieteur News edition of 26th March 2012 titled “Govt. chided for not funding legal aid in Linden” The article reported that the President of the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers, [GAWL] Ms. Emily Dodson made […]
Ministers flay AFC budget cut proposals in downtown solidarity protest …
– hundreds of workers who would be affected join the demonstration. “THEY (the Opposition) keep complaining that we (government) are paying peanuts to workers. Why do they want to take the peanuts from them now? Our workers do not deserve this. They have this country where it is today, and we are going to stand by […]
Manickchand, Ally clash over education
The state of the education system came under the magnifying glass yesterday in the House, where Education Minister Priya Manickchand sought to defend government’s progress in the face of criticism that despite the billions spent, the nation’s children are not benefitting. In a fiery presentation, Manickchand accused the opposition of disrespecting the hard working men […]
Legal practitioners are afraid to speak out
Dear Editor, What passes for a judicial system in Guyana is badly broken. The sad fact is that no one is working seriously to fix it. Not the administrators, not the practicing bar, not the Government. It has been broken for a long time but in recent times it has come under public scrutiny partly […]
BUDGET SPEECH HON MS MANICKCHAND – 2012
Minister of Education [Ms. Manickchand]: May it please you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to begin by offering to the Hon. Dr. Ashni Singh our warmest congratulations for presenting a Budget has not only content that is worthy of consideration with a view to adopting but for presenting it in such a way that his almost […]
More women call for top cop to go
Commissioner Henry Greene should offer an apology to the nation and resign from his post, according to Alliance For Change ( AFC) member Cathy Hughes who joined her voice to those of a number of organisations and individuals calling for the top cop to go. “The fact that the Commissioner admitted that the individual in […]
SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND THE ‘POLITICS OF RAPE’
— Jamaica/Guyana examples WHILE JAMAICA is lamenting the high incidence of sexual abuse of children, there is political furore in Guyana over the decision of its acting Chief Justice (Ian Chang), to dismiss a submission by the Director of Public Prosecutions (??) for prosecution of Police Commissioner Henry Greene for commiting an alleged rape. The Chief […]