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...
Retirees, 300 teachers from Cyril Potter College on standby as strike loomsThe Ministry of Education has a contingency plan in place if the strike action by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU)...
Over 2000 school dropouts since 2016 – Pres. GrangerWith a recorded 2,669 students having dropped out of school during the 2016-2017 academic year, President David Granger says his...
Henry assures that students will not be affected by teachers’ strikeMinister of Education, Nicolette Henry and other officials Saturday visited several schools in Georgetown and on the East Coast of...
St. Stanislaus College students attain 96% passes at CSEC, CAPESt. Stanislaus College students attained 96.23% overall passes in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and 96.03% in the...
17 Guyanese to head off on UK Chevening ScholarshipsSeventeen Guyanese will be heading to the United Kingdom (UK) to pursue a higher degree of education under the Chevening...
GTU no show for peace talks with Gov’tThe Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) did not show up for a meeting Friday with the Ministry of Education which was...
Education Ministry, GTU invited to conciliatory talksPress Release, Ministry of Education – Thursday, August 23, 2018 The Ministry of Social Protection (Labour) has this afternoon disclosed that...
‘Gov’t committing political suicide by fighting with Teachers’ – WPAThe Working People’s Alliance (WPA) – a party in the APNU+AFC Government – has criticised the David Granger led administration...
600+ students failed at CSECOf 12,269 candidates who wrote the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations, over 600 students did not get grades...
QC students top CSEC, CAPEQueen’s College students, Christian Pile, Aadilah Ali and Michael Bhopaul are this year’s top performers at the Caribbean Secondary Education...
Teachers strike still on; no agreement on salary increasesWith just two weeks before the opening of the new school term, the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers...
Five teachers volunteer to be placed at Kato Secondary SchoolFive teachers, who will be graduating from the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), have decided that they want to...
‘GTU’s actions are not consistent with initial agreement’- Education MinisterDays before teachers represented by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) proceed on strike over the lack of salary increases, Education...
‘Ignore threats, let’s strike’ – GTU urges teachersThe Guyana Techers’ Union (GTU) has dispatched letters to schools across the country urging teachers to ignore threats from high...
Teachers threaten to strike after talks with Gov’t collapseTeachers represented by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) have decided to embark on strike action after the latest round of...
AFC donates to Guyana’s ScholarsThe Alliance For Change (AFC) as part of its ‘AFC Cares Initiative’, on Monday made “meaningful contributions” to two of...
Soldiers complete Airforce Fighter Pilot CourseTwo officers of the Guyana Defence Force have completed a Chinese Airforce Basic Fighter Pilot and Development course and have...
UG fails to make 2018 C’bean& Latin America University RankingThe University of Guyana – the country’s premier tertiary institution – failed to mark its name as one of the...
