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...
Intervention at Mae’s following student’s suicideFollowing the suicide of a student, the Ministry of Education dispatched a team of counsellors to the Mae’s Secondary School...
Mae’s student gave friends apology letters before committing suicideThe Mae’s Secondary School has dismissed reports that a 15-year-old girl committed suicide because she was under investigation for the...
UG, Minibus Union ink agreementThe University of Guyana (UG) and the United Minibus Union-UG Turkeyen Branch (UMU-UGTB) have inked a three-year agreement for the...
Arson determined in Diamond Sec. School fireArson has been determined as the cause of the fire on December 24, 2018, that gutted the Administrative Building at...
Canal girl named Top Teacher as 418 graduate from CPCEA Canal, West Bank Demerara teacher was Thursday named Best Graduating Student of the 2018 class of the Cyril Potter...
Maritime safety and petroleum institute launchedThe Maritime Safety Training Institute, aimed at developing a workforce which can provide services to Guyana’s offshore oil and gas...
BUDGET 2019: $52.2B for Education sectorGovernment plans to invest a further $52.2 billion in the education sector, in 2019, a 15.6 percent increase over the 2018 allocation....
Dispute over UG salary increases heads to CouncilThe dispute over salary increases imposed by the University of Guyana (UG) will be discussed at a Council meeting, according...
‘No child is born dunce or a waste’- Chief Education OfficerAs the Ministry of Education works to reduce learning disparities among students from the pre-school level, Chief Education Officer (CEO),...
UG partners with educational institutions to prepare for Oil & GasThe University of Guyana (UG) has teamed up with twelve other educational agencies to form the Higher Education Consortium on...
UG says staff will get salary increases before ChristmasThe University of Guyana (UG) today announced that its staff will receive salary increases before Christmas. The University said that...
Recipients of Honorary Doctorates advocate for end to racismBy Bibi Khatoon “I am a creator of words, music and groove to touch your heart and to touch your...
$16.3M Mobile Counselling Unit for studentsIn an effort to provide welfare services to students with minimal resources, the Education Ministry on Monday commissioned a mobile...
New awards introduced as UG set to graduate over 1,600 studentsAfter what was described as ‘a total disgrace’ last year, the University of Guyana has decided to host three Convocation...
Gov’t/ GTU sign agreement on wage increase, other benefitsThe Education Ministry and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on Wednesday afternoon signed an agreement to pave the way for...
World Bank ranks Guyana below Caribbean average on education, healthA World Bank report on the global state of human capital paints a grim picture of Guyana, revealing that this...
Teachers will benefit ‘significantly’ from deal with Gov’t – Union By Bibi Khatoon After a meeting, which lasted for six and a half hours, officials of the Education Ministry and...
Teachers, Government agree to salary increasesThe Union representing the country’s thousands of teachers have finally come to an agreement with the Government, staving off a...
