UG students get tour of novel construction techniques at US$300M Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base facility
Students of the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Technology this week got hands on exposure to the construction techniques being used for the artificial...
Education Ministry’s statement on meeting with CXC to resolve grades debacle
The Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and team engaged the Registrar of Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and team on Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 regarding...
THREE MONTHS LATER: Teachers still awaiting salary adjustments from govt.- GTU General Secretary
The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) recently lamented that it is now three months since the government’s promise to provide salary adjustments for its professionals....
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...
Education Ministry launches Intensive Refresher Training for nationwide Nursery Curriculum Rollout
The Ministry of Education’s Nursery Education Sector, in collaboration with the Guyana Education Sector Project Program (GESPP), has initiated a comprehensive four-day refresher training...
Millions spent on GOAL Programme should have been used to develop UG instead –...
While the Guyana Government has invested millions of dollars in the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) Programme in the past three years, Opposition...
Over $20M spent to promote agriculture in schools
The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Agriculture has been working assiduously to promote youth involvement in the agriculture sector. Towards this end,...
Gov’t to urgently address deficit of Maths specialists in the education sector
Mathematics and English are two of the main subjects that are required for matriculation. However, while the local performance at English A...
Committee to meet with GTU on salary increase proposal next Wednesday
A meeting between representatives of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the members of a high level committee has been set for next Wednesday...
UG defers reopening until May 30
Given the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's premiere learning institution, the University of Guyana (UG) has deferred the opening of on-campus...
