UG verifying documents online for admissions to 2020/2021 academic year
Given the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Guyana (UG) this week announced that applicants for the 2020/2021 academic year will...
Current Curriculum out of touch with modern reality; reform imminent – Education Minister
The Curriculum being used to educate the nation’s children is out of touch with reality and poses dangerous consequences if not reformed, Education Minister...
National Breakfast Programme now serving 51,000 children
Guyana’s National Breakfast Programme has expanded from 11,000 beneficiaries in 2022 to more than 51,000 students today, according to Coordinator Mahendra Phagwah.
He wrote a...
Education Ministry announces significant benefits for teachers under new agreement
The Ministry of Education has announced a new Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) that brings substantial improvements to the compensation and benefits for teachers nationwide....
Sod turned for new $1.7B secondary school at Karasabai
The Government of Guyana has set aside $1.7 billion to transform education delivery in Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo (Region 9) with the construction of a...
Govt. to reach online scholarship target in 2023 with two years to spare –...
With $1.8B allocated to advance the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) scholarship initiative, the Government is well on its way to achieving its...
Health Ministry, UG in talks for Master’s in Speech Therapy programme
The Ministry of Public Health is currently eyeing the introduction of a Master’s Degree in Speech Therapy at the University of Guyana...
PSC to recognize micro-credentials earned by persons through Coursera Courses
The Ministry of Education and the Private Sector Commission will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that allows for the Ministry and the...
GTU commits to pressing for even more for its membership
Public school teachers last month started to receive retroactive payment agreed to between their union, the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), and the Ministry of...
Two nursery schools commissioned in Region Six
Two new nursery schools – one at Mibikuri in Black Bush Polder and the other at Chesney Village along the Corentyne coast – were...
