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Education Ministry launches ‘BE KIND’ campaign
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has launched a ‘BEKIND’ campaign that seeks to address the upsurge in unkind behaviours being meted out to Guyanese. The primary targets of the ‘BEKIND’ campaign are children, teachers, and parents who have…
Teacher who lost house to fire gets support from Edu. ministry
A fire which destroyed the home of a primary school teacher, Renita Joseph, and her family, received assistance from the Ministry of Education.
The Chief Education Officer, Dr Marcel Huston, visited Joseph and her family and presented a…
World Bank approves US$13.5 million for Guyana’s education sector
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on Monday additional financing of US$13.5 million to support the ongoing Guyana Secondary Education Improvement Project.
The project, which aims to improve teaching in mathematics…
Healthcare workers ‘suit up’ for battle
Story and photos by Vishani Ragobeer
At the frontlines of the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, there are the healthcare workers who ‘suit up’ daily to fulfil their responsibility of taking care of the Guyanese public.
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Class-action suit to be filed against CXC over 2020 exams
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan. 19, CMC – A law firm in Barbados has agreed to represent students affected by last year’s controversial grading of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency…
Harmon joins President Ali in condemning Venezuela’s “preposterous decree”
See below full statement by Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon
Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Joseph Harmon, joins with all patriotic Guyanese in condemning the preposterous decree issued by the President of the Bolivarian…
Guyana ‘entirely rejects’ Maduro’s latest decree
Guyana’s Head of State, President Irfaan Ali in an address to the nation on Saturday rejected in its entirety the latest decree issued by Venezuela’s Nicholas Maduro in which he lays fresh claims to the water and seabed adjacent to Guyana’s…
Education Ministry consults more than 2000 parents on NGSA 2021
More than 2000 parents of students scheduled to write the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) this year were given an opportunity to express their views and concerns regarding the sitting of this examination.
This consultation was done…
Education Ministry consults Grade Six teachers, parents on NGSA 2021
The Education Ministry is consulting Grade Six teachers and parents across the country on the way forward for this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). The exams play a vital role in determining what secondary school a child…
Private Schools must allow classroom interaction for Grades 10-12 only
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand says schools have only reopened for face-to-face interaction for Grades 10, 11 and 12 students and all private schools must observe this mandate.
The minister made this statement amid claims of…