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...
Annual Hackathon to develop software to help mining industryThe Ministry of Public Telecommunication says it’s giving women and young people an opportunity to develop software to find solutions...
NGO building house for stabbed Linden schoolgirl and familyA Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) identified as ‘Remigrant United’ has commenced construction of a house for 15-year-old Shashamani Williams who was...
US$92,000 fully air-conditioned, sound and dust proof school opensA US$92,000 fully air-conditioned, sound and dust proof school was commissioned in Sand Hills along the Demerara River on Thursday;...
Jamaica urges schools to crack down on ‘tripping jump challenge’Jamaica Gleaner – School administrators are being urged to crackdown on a new practice among students called the Jump Trip...
STEM Robotics to cater for persons with disabilitiesPersons with disabilities over the years were not given equal access to skills training and education but this is about...
40 young Berbice mothers graduate from re-integration programmeForty mothers graduated from the Ministry of Education’s Re-integration of Adolescent Mothers Programme in Region Six, East-Berbice – Corentyne Thursday....
Oil and gas: First batch of young Guyanese get training onlineEager and young students gathered at the Arthur Chung Conference, Greater Georgetown Monday to begin two online training courses that...
$30M Primary Schools commissioned in South RupununiWalking lengthy hours to school is now a thing of the past for students of two South Rupununi villages. These...
No efforts will be spared in dealing with indiscipline and violence in schools – Education MinistryEducation Minister Nicolette Henry on Friday visited the 15-year-old student of the Linden Foundation Secondary School who was stabbed during...
Millions on virus lockdown in China as WHO weighs responseBEIJING (Reuters) – China put millions of people on lock down on Thursday in two cities at the epicenter of...
$219 million to be spent on Mash 2020Mashramani, or Mash, the annual celebration marking the country’s Republican status, will be bigger than ever this year, as this...
Welfare Dept. clamps down on students loitering at Stabroek MarketThe Schools Welfare Department of the Ministry of Education on Tuesday morning conducted a truancy campaign at the Stabroek Market...
Parents, teachers protest against school attacks; teachers threaten to strikeTeachers and parents dressed in black and white Monday in support of a St Agnes Primary School teacher who was...
Abused teachers to get support from Ministry; union to pursue criminal chargesThe Education Ministry will be assisting two Grade One teachers who were assaulted at their schools to pursue criminal charges...
Teacher abuse at St Anges escalated over medical expenses for injured studentThe assault of a Grade One Teacher at the St Agnes Primary School in Church Street, Georgetown stemmed from a...
Teachers’ Union condemns abuse of teachers, wants more securityThe Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has condemned the abuse of teachers by parents at city schools. The GTU’s comments came...
Digital education programme rolls out in Region OneThe ProFuturo digital and interactive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programme was launched in Region One on Monday. The programme...
Yarrowkabra to get $826M secondary schoolThe Ministry of Education on Tuesday signed a contract with BK International to construct a secondary school at Yarrowkabra on...
