Education
From Technician to Top Graduate: Hugh Park’s Journey of PerseveranceIn 2021, Hugh Park made headlines as the former telecommunications technician who traded his tools for textbooks to become a lawyer. Four years later, he has reached another pinnacle of academic excellence. Park has emerged as the top student for the Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Business and International Law at the University of...
$2.8B for a better Georgetown, major markets and green spaces to be upgradedGeorgetown’s iconic markets, historic buildings and community spaces are set for a major facelift this year, as government moves ahead...
Guyana launches biometric attendance system in schools to track teacher presenceTeachers at some schools in Guyana will soon be required to clock their attendance using a biometric system, with Education...
Canada announces 700+ scholarships for Guyana, other CARICOM countriesIn 2020, the Government of Canada announced the Canada-CARICOM Skills Training for the Green Economy Scholarships, as part of its...
Hair rules: Change needed but consultations first?By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc There has been an intensified discussion on dated hair rules in schools over the past few...
Children need their parents to succeed – Manickchand The Ministry of Education’s textbook distribution exercise for Region Three (Essequibo Islands – West Demerara) started on Saturday, at the...
QC students honoured at school after bagging top CXC awardsSeveral Queen’s College students were honoured at the school on Friday after they topped Guyana and the wider Caribbean at...
Essequibo gets two new, spacious nursery schoolsYoung children attending the Queenstown and Abram Zuil nursery schools, which are on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two, now...
About 1,300 children across Guyana absent from Grade Six mock examBy Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Pupils preparing to sit the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) later this year were able to...
Manickchand promises overhaul of outdated school rules as ‘hairstyle memo’ sparks public ireMinister of Education Priya Manickchand Thursday said that there will be coordinated efforts in the coming months aimed at overhauling...
Manickchand looking to fully re-open all schools after Easter HolidaysMinister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday indicated that she is looking to have schools at every level fully re-open...
Textbooks for every public primary school pupil, secondary to receive within monthsThe Ministry of Education on Wednesday fulfilled another promise by the Government of Guyana with the commencement of the distribution...
1,000 children in Guyana to benefit from ‘tech’ skills via $199M IDB supportIDB Lab, the innovative laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing financial support to STEM Guyana Inc. to...
Govt monitoring 11 scholarship students in Russia – Foreign SecretaryThe government is closely monitoring the welfare of Guyanese scholarship students in Moscow, Russia, following that country’s invasion of Ukraine....
Over 500 children located during ‘Operation Recovery’The first day of ‘Operation Recovery’ saw education officers making contact and engaging over 500 school children across the country,...
850 graduate from WIIN training as new Training Hall unveiledThe Ministry of Human Services unveiled a spanking new training hall while hosting the historic girls’ empowerment day and Women...
‘Operation Recovery’: No Grade Six pupil will drop out of school– ManickchandIn an effort to reduce learning loss and prevent school dropouts, the Ministry of Education commenced its ‘Operation Recovery’ exercise...
‘Operation recovery’ launched to get children back into the classroomThe Ministry of Education has launched ‘Operation Recovery’ within the 11 Education Districts to find those primary school children who...
GDF, Texila ink MoU for professional development of ranksThe Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Texila American University (TAU) on Monday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which...
First Lady secures 100 maritime training scholarships for Indigenous womenIn what can be described as historic, First Lady Arya Ali, has secured 100 scholarships for Indigenous women in the...
‘Having big heart for computer science helped propell me to success’ – UG graduateWhen Jason Jacobs was younger, tinkering with the WI-FI at his mother’s office was something he loved doing, not knowing...
