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Essequibo girl shares Top Spot at NGSA
Essequibo student Venisha Lall from the C.V Nunes Primary School shares the Top Spot at this year's Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) with a score of 532.
Like Dave Chowtie from Graham's Hall Primary in Georgetown, she fell short of the…
BREAKING: NGSA Top Student is Dave Chowtie
Graham's Hall Primary School student Dave Chowtie has been adjudged the Top Student at this year's National Grade Six Assessment. He secured 532 marks and was placed at Queen's College.
The highest possible score was 536.
This story…
Every child has a gift, do not despise under-performers – Chief Education Officer
The country’s Chief Education Officer Marcel Hutson has urged parents not to discourage students who may not have performed as they expected at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, which determines the secondary school students will…
School dropouts empowered to sit CSEC in September
A total of 48 school dropouts will in September write the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams after being taught over the past two years at a night school in Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
To motivate the students, who…
Child battles for life; relatives claim she was pushed down stairs by teacher, others say she was…
By Fareeza Haniff
A 10-year-old girl is on life support at the Georgetown Public Hospital following an incident at the Regma Primary School in McKenzie, Linden on Monday.
The teachers at the school are claiming that June Alexander…
Unsanitary conditions forces closure of St. Ignatius School
The St. Ignatius Secondary School in Lethem, Region Nine has closed its doors for three days because of unhealthy sanitary facilities, Head teacher Yvette Archer told the News Room via telephone on Wednesday.
For the past three weeks,…
Education Ministry to try out new Grade Two curriculum from September
The new Grade Two curriculum for the nation’s primary school learners is currently undergoing a review process and a pilot programme using it will commence in September, the Ministry of Education has stated.
On Monday, June 3 and…
Education Ministry to push more physical activities into school curriculum
The Ministry of Education on Thursday held the finals of the National Physical Display Championship at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall where schools from across the country assembled to display their skills in physical education.
The…
Educators on mission to raise Blind Awareness
The Special Education Needs Unit of the National Centre for Education Research Development (NCERD) Thursday held an outreach activity to commemorate Blindness Awareness Month, which is observed every year in May.
The outreach at NCERD’s…
Bomb threat prompts evacuation on packed exam day at UG
An anonymous bomb threat was made to the University of Guyana at around 09:00 hrs Friday morning.
The threat was issued in the form of an image of a purported bomb and a post on Facebook claiming there were 20 bombs placed across the…
