Wed, Jul 1, 2026
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education
Senior QC teacher sent on leave after flogging studentsAlmost 10 students from Queen's College were made to unbelt their trousers in a flogging incident on Thursday that has…
Education Ministry verifying dorms safety, comfortThe Government of Guyana is committed to fixing school dormitories across the country and Education Minister Priya Manickchand said verification…
Education Ministry cancels August term exams as disruptions persistThe Ministry of Education, via a memorandum issued on Wednesday, notified education officers that the public school examinations scheduled for…
‘Gun to head’ - Manickchand surprised at GTU’s ‘unreasonable’ 20% pay requestEducation Minister Priya Manickchand has regarded as unacceptable and unreasonable a request by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) for an…
Education Ministry writes nine contractors over contract delays, substandard workNine contractors who are executing contracts for the Ministry of Education, including those building new schools, were written to, flagging…
99% of local teachers trained or in-training - ManickchandThe Ministry of Education wants all teachers across the country trained or in training by 2025 and already, subject Minister…
‘Let sense prevail’ - Manickchand flags learning losses as conciliation talks in deadlockAs the Education Ministry and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) continue conciliation talks, subject Minister Priya Manickchand has called for…
Teachers’ Union, education officials to meet for conciliation talks todayEducation officials and representatives from the Guyana Teachers' Union will meet for conciliation talks Monday morning. The Ministry of Education…
Marking of NGSA papers begins next weekThe Director of Operations at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC ®️), Dr. Nicole Manning and team on Saturday commenced the…
Teachers to intensify strike with street protests from next week - GTU PresidentOver the last two days, some teachers participated in a countrywide strike called by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and…
Education Ministry ‘ready to engage’ Teachers' Union; ‘surprised’ at intent to resume strikePermanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Shanielle Hoosein-Outar has responded to the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) letter of Tuesday,…
GTU says will resume strike action on Thursday The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) in a letter on Tuesday announced the restart of strike action from Thursday and said…
Jagdeo says Gov’t focused on educating, upskilling all GuyaneseVice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo emphasised that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government is focused on educating and upskilling…
Education Ministry considering new ways of assessing Grade Six pupilsGuyana consolidated its curriculum in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and now, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said new ways…
NGSA results will be available by first week of July - ManickchandThe 2024 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) got underway Thursday morning with 15,488 children registered to write the secondary school…
Woman, 22, among nine trained by MACORP in heavy-duty equipment maintenanceMachinery Corporation of Guyana Limited (MACORP) trained an additional nine young people in heavy-duty equipment maintenance, a move expected to…
GTI wants more women, girls in technical fieldsAgainst the backdrop of a growing demand for more technical skills locally, the Government Technical Institute (GTI) hopes it can…
UG's Petroleum Engineering courses get international accreditationSee below full release from the University of Guyana: The University of Guyana’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology has received…
