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...
Guyanese law student cops Rhodes ScholarshipRawletta Barrow of Guyana is the 2022 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar. Governor General Dame Sandra Mason made the announcement last...
375 benefit from Rotary Club of Georgetown, Scotiabank school bag projectThe Rotary Club of Georgetown in collaboration with Scotiabank Guyana has distributed 375 school backpacks to children in Regions Two,...
31 children trained in ICT through ‘leaving no child behind’ initiativeSome 31 students between the ages of 12 to 17 years, on Friday graduated in Information Communication Technology (ICT) training...
Lower Sixth form classes starting from November 22The Ministry of Education has announced that students entering Grade 12 (or lower Sixth form), aiming to sit the Caribbean...
Gov’t zeroes in on revival of Arawak, Warrau indigenous languagesWith some indigenous people in Guyana losing their language, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Campbell- Sukhai says that the government...
Anna Regina girl gets pre-med scholarshipKelly Sankar who recently wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination was today presented with her scholarship award from...
Girl who migrated from Venezuela in 2018 is Crane primary top performerEmily Vaamonde – Beria copped 515 marks at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) emerging as the top student...
About 100,000 nursery, primary school children to be vaccinated; full face-to-face classes soonAbout 100,000 children in nursery and primary schools could be vaccinated soon with the US-made Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines and as...
More than 60% of teachers vaccinated; Manickchand says ‘soft approach’ cannot continueSome 63 per cent of local teachers have received their COVID-19 vaccines following efforts rolled out to boost vaccine acceptance....
‘Lording over SBAs will not be allowed’ – ManickchandMinister of Education Priya Manickchand says that all students heading into the examinations offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)...
QC boy with 10 Grade Ones among top performers at CAPEDaniel Roopchand, a Queen’s College student, is among the top performers at this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE). Roopchand...
QC girl is CSEC top performer with 19 Grade OnesSarena Aruna Razak, a Queen’s College student, gained the most Grade One passes at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate...
UG, Energy Chamber & energy company join forces to train Guyanese for oil sectorThe Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Guyana...
Journalists participate in StoryBoard initiativeSee below press release issued by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security: The Ministry of Human Services and...
New short story competition launched by Human Services MinistryThe Ministry of Human Services and Social Security wishes to announce the launch of its Short Story Writing Competition for...
Providing legal aid in hinterland part of big plans for UWI valedictorian from Port KaitumaBy Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Growing up in Port Kaituma – the mining town in Region One (Barima- Waini) – Jensen...
CXC results: Guyana awaiting more ‘country analysis’, results to be announced next weekThe Ministry of Education in a statement Thursday noted that the results for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and...
Raised by a single mother: North Ruimveldt student excels at CSEC, wants to become a lawyerBy Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.stagingsites.cc One week before Darshanie Persaud and her classmates were registered to write the Caribbean Secondary Education...
