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...
Parents protest Mae’s 42% increase in school feesA handful of parents who have children attending Mae’s Private school at Subryanville, Georgetown on Monday protested the school over...
Education Ministry aims to improve leadership skills of teachersThe Ministry of Education has organised a three-day Leadership Conference aimed at discussing the review of schools’ curriculum, strengthen teachers’...
Parents outraged by 42% fee hike at Mae’sParents of children at the playgroup, nursery and primary levels of the Mae’s Educational Institute are outraged by a maximum...
UG identifies land for Law SchoolBy Bibi Khatoon After several months of back and forth between the University of Guyana and the Attorney General Chambers,...
Reg. 4 celebrates Black History MonthDecked in their traditional attire, teachers and students of a few secondary schools in the Demerara-Mahaica Region celebrated Black History...
Bartica tackles teenage pregnancy, substance abuse by offering scholarshipsBy Bibi Khatoon The Bartica Town Council has embarked on an initiative which provides scholarships for teenagers to further their...
Ministry addresses issues at Rama Krishna Primary SchoolAs a result of complaints from parents of children who attend the Rama Krishna Primary School at Middleton Street, Campbellville,...
Teachers to be separated at NA Multi. school to solve conflictFollowing complaints of racial tension and the requests from a dozen teachers to be transferred from the New Amsterdam Multilateral...
‘Children parade is not a wining competition’By Bibi Khatoon Acting Administrator of the Allied Arts Unit of the Education Ministry, Lorraine Barker-King is urging parents to...
Gov’t formulating policy to reintegrate teenage mothers into schoolThe Education Ministry on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, convened a multi-stakeholder group meeting to discuss the first draft of the...
More girls being sought for robotics conferenceSTEM Guyana has begun preparations to participate in this year’s FIRST Global Robotics Challenge to be held in Mexico City in...
App launched to help Grade Six students prepare for examsAhead of this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), the Education Ministry has partnered with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and...
Petroleum Dept. & Food Institute for UGThe University of Guyana (UG) is in the process of establishing a Petroleum Department as well as a Food and...
Academy launched to train locals for oil & gas industryTotalTec Oilfield Services, a Guyanese-owned company,Thursday officially launched the International Petroleum and Maritime Academy at Houston, East Bank of Demerara....
UGSS to seek legal advice on increase in UG administrative feesThe recent move by the University of Guyana (UG) administration to increase students’ administrative fees while introducing several others is...
National Cadet Corps officially reintroduced in schoolsBy Bibi Khatoon Under the theme “Moulding today’s youth, securing our future,” the National Cadet Corps was today officially launched...
Trinidadian firm awarded contract for St Rose’s HighBuilt over one hundred years ago, the wooden section of the St Rose’s High School was deemed unsafe and had...
Curriculum review, training for hinterland teachers in 2018Education Minister Nicolette Henry announced a review of the schools’ curriculum and training for teachers in the hinterland are some...
