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Guyanese boys top CSEC and CAPE exams
Two Guyanese students, Alex Muntaz and Naresh Jagnanan, topped this year's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) respectively.
Education Minister Priya…
To better equip youths for digital transformation, Guyanese born tech-educator offers coding courses
Saeed Jabbar, a Guyanese-American technology educator, intends to provide youths living in Guyana with the necessary tools and skills training for a technology-focused workforce.
Through the non-profit organisation ‘Inclusion’ (Cadena…
Baroness Amos tells UG graduands to ‘solve big problems around the world’
Baroness Valerie Amos, the distinguished British politician who was born in Guyana, was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Guyana (UG) on Friday and used the occasion to urge Guyanese youth to help solve…
Khusal Singh: From selling DVDs in Regent St. alleyway to becoming UG Valedictorian
With a perfect 4.0 Grade Point Average (GPA), Khusal Singh became the valedictorian of the University of Guyana’s 2023 graduation class.
He is one of over 3,000 students graduating from the university and he is leaving with a Bachelor’s…
Khushal Singh is UG’s 2023 Valedictorian
Twenty-six-year-old Khushal Singh has emerged as the University of Guyana’s 2023 valedictorian. He completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Management with a perfect GPA of 4.0 capturing both the President’s Medal for the Best Graduating…
President Ali announces salary increases for all graduate teachers
President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced a suite of new allowances and incentives for teachers all across the country.
Televised live on his Facebook page, the Head of State said that salaries for all graduate teachers shall be…
Wakenaam gets ‘first, well-equipped’ $84 million Primary School
Faced with a state of disrepair for several years, coupled with concerns from parents about the safety of their children, a new state-of-the-art Arthurville Primary School was commissioned on Tuesday at Wakenaam, Region Three.…
Baroness Valerie Amos, CCH Pounder head list of special awardees for UG’s 60th anniversary
Baroness Valerie Amos, along with world-renowned award-winning actress CCH Pounder, heads a stellar list of 10 awardees in this year’s University of Guyana conferral of Honorary Degrees. Both women who have distinguished themselves…
Six new TVET centres to be opened soon – Min. Manickchand
As the government continues to place heavy emphasis on technical education, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand highlighted that six new Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) centres will be opened soon.
The centres…
‘First of its kind’ visual arts career fair, exhibition gets underway
Studying art allows for viable career options and to showcase the work done by students and teachers in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Unit and provide guidance to aspiring artists, the Ministry of Education is…