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...
Schools ready to be opened on MondayThe Education Ministry has noted that schools are set to re-open on Monday. According to the Ministry, Education Minister, Nicolette...
Top Cop opens reading and research library at Leonora Police StationThe Guyana Police Force is getting on board with the government’s thrust to make Guyana an educated nation by launching...
$120M Early Childhood Centre of Excellence to be constructed at UGConstruction of a $120 million Early Childhood Centre of Excellence will begin shortly. The sod-turning ceremony for the project was...
Women are equal partners who are entitled to equal pay, says First LadyFirst Lady Mrs Sandra Granger says that the first step in equipping women for success is by re-evaluating how children...
Pomeroon teacher struggled with lack of finances, fatigue but came out on top at CPCEBy Isanella Patoir Twenty-year-old Ateisha Brandt emerged as the best graduating student at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE)...
Over 300 teachers graduate CPCEA total of 377 teachers graduated from the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) Friday. Of that total, 82 are...
UG’s Best Graduating student honoured by local companyShameer Amerullah, a secondary school teacher, has received the Shivraj Maraj Memorial Prize for being this year’s best graduating Computer...
Two schools closed, residents bemoan losses due to flooding on Essequibo CoastClasses at the Anna Regina Secondary School and the Reliance Nursery annex on the Essequibo Coast were on Thursday cancelled...
Chief Education Officer still on the job, but goes on pre-retirement leave next yearThe Ministry of Education has dispelled reports that the Chief Education Officer Dr Marcel Hutson was fired or was sent...
Christmas parties banned at Georgetown Secondary schoolsThe Ministry of Education has issued a memo to all Secondary Schools in Georgetown banning Christmas parties, a headteacher has...
Mothers of bullied children say Gov’t lacks capability to tackle school violenceTwo mothers whose children were bullied in school over the past two months say the Ministry of Education is failing...
Male student who beat school girl ‘made to apologise’ by Education MinisterMinister of Education Nicolette Henry on Thursday met with the student population of the Richard Ishmael secondary along with the...
Education Ministry commissions $21M Mobile Counselling Units The Ministry of Education on Wednesday commissioned two new Mobile Psychosocial Units at a cost of $21 million. Minister of...
Primary School teacher beaten at city school The Ministry of Education is investigating an incident where a 31-year-old Winfer Gardens Primary school teacher was on Wednesday morning...
Ministry launches probe into brutal beating of school girl by male studentThe Ministry of Education has launched an investigation in the physical assault of a female student by a male pupil...
24-Y-O Chemistry teacher is Valedictorian of UG Berbice campusTwenty-four-year-old Juanita Beejaimal, a Caribbean Proficiency Examination Certificate (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) Teacher at the New Amsterdam...
Halliburton, UG sign US$2.2M agreement to support Tech, Engineering Halliburton, one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry, has signed a US$2.2 million...
Top Cop graduates with Masters in Public AdministrationCommissioner of Police Leslie James DSS, DSM, on Saturday, graduated from the University of Guyana with a Commonwealth Masters in...
