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President Ali insists teachers will get ‘best welfare package’ in time
After a week of strike action from some teachers across the country, President Dr. Irfaan Ali posited that the government will create the region’s “best welfare package” for these workers but he urged them to be patient.
The President…
To ‘break barriers’ in STEM, women & girls need more support
There is need for more support to help women ‘break barriers’ in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) field, a male dominated area, according to Youth Activist Shanae Heber.
Each year on the United Nations…
Education Ministry launches ‘Mash Band’
As Mashramani 2024 draws closer, the Ministry of Education on Thursday launched its Mashramani Band 2024 under the theme, “Blazing the Trail of Knowledge with Transformative Technology and Inclusive Education.”
Delivering brief…
Gov’t spending more to pay newly hired, graduate teachers – Jagdeo
Four days into a planned two-week strike by teachers across the country, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday broke his silence and sought to demonstrate why requests for higher salaries were unreasonable.
He said too that the…
Teachers’ Union to make next move as strike enters day four without gov’t engagement
Four days into a planned two-week strike by teachers across the country, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Thursday maintained that the industrial action was effective though they have not been able to even broker talks with the…
Timehri’s female inmates benefit from training in tilapia rearing
Female inmates at the Timehri Prison in Region Four recently participated in a one-day practical training session on tilapia rearing and aquaculture.
The initiative was facilitated by the prison, in collaboration with the Ministry of…
‘Let’s deal with issues not personalities’ – Teacher wants personal attacks to stop
Bishops’ High School teacher, Shandrina Welcome - Lee called on her fellow teachers to desist from attacking and ‘bad talking’ each other as the strike action called by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) continues.
Miss Welcome - Lee, who…
As teachers’ strike persist in bad faith, Gov’t halts deduction of union dues with immediate…
The Ministry of Education continues to condemn the ongoing strike by some teachers across the country in a bid to pressure the government into higher salary increases and duty-free concessions, among other entitlements.
As the strike…
$1.8B in school supplies cash grant for distribution this year; entire process being audited
The distribution of the school supplies cash grant commenced on Monday and Minister of Education Priya Manickchand said that a sum of $1.8 billion will be handed out to schools across the country this year.
“This year $1.8B, for these…
‘Most’ teachers turned out for work inspite of strike – Education Ministry
See below statement issued by the Ministry of Education:
The Ministry of Education (MoE) continues to monitor the illegal strike action being undertaken by the Guyana Teachers’ Union. The Ministry of Education has noted, through its…