UG, Merundoi receive UNESCO grants

January 12, 2023 – The Honourable Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand this morning handed over grants for the UNESCO participating programmes 2022/2023.

UG, Public Schools closed for another week over COVID-19 concerns

As the efforts are made to step up the fight to stop the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Guyana, the Ministry of Education has extended the closure of schools by another week.

UG’s Faculty of Education and Humanities goes online with the launch of the International Centre of Excellence - Teachers no longer need release to study at UG

(June 1, 2022) – The Ministry of Education and the University of today Guyana launched the International Centre of Excellence in Educator Innovation, Learning and Development (ICEEILD) within the Faculty of Education and Humanities (FEH).

Unclaimed cash grants to be distributed later this month- Manickchand

Though the Ministry of Education organised a massive countrywide exercise last week to distribute the $30,000 schoolchildren’s cash grant, just over 10,000 of those grants have not been collected.

UNHCR donates sanitary supplies to Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education on Thursday received a number of sanitary supplies from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Guyana arm as preparation continues for the reopening of school on September 6.

UNICEF Representative meets at the Regional Special Education Needs/Disability Diagnostic and Treatment Centre

UNICEF Representative Nicolas Pron yesterday met with Keon Cheong, Coordinator at the Regional Special Education Needs/Disability Diagnostic and Treatment Centre and his team in Guyana

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Uniform and school supplies voucher programme launched

More than 160,000 school children across the country will now receive a $4000 uniform and school supplies voucher to assist with the purchasing of school supplies and uniform.

Unit of Allied Arts/Nexgen Golf Completes PE Workshops in Region 6

Kaieteur News – A two-day session hosted by the Ministry of Education Unit of Allied Arts for 13 Secondary schools and 22 PE Teachers concluded with a bang on Friday at the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary,

Untrained teachers urged to get enrolled at CPCE

The Ministry of Education’s call for untrained teachers to be enrolled at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) is a move that will ensure educators are in a better position to deliver quality education even as Guyana moves towards a first-class education system.

Update on the Good Hope Secondary School

The Ministry of Education wishes to update the public on the status of the new Good Hope Secondary School. It was hoped that the school could have been opened physically but unfortunately, there have been several setbacks with the physical infrastructure not being completed due to the previous contractor failing to deliver.

Update on the Good Hope Secondary School

The Ministry of Education wishes to update the public on the status of the new Good Hope Secondary School. It was hoped that the school could have been opened physically but unfortunately, there have been several setbacks with the physical infrastructure not being completed due to the previous contractor failing to deliver.

Update on the review requested from CXC for CSEC and CAPE 2020 results

Following the release of the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), the Ministry of Education received several complaints regarding the grades that were awarded to students. 

Update on the review requested from CXC for CSEC and CAPE 2020 results

Following the release of the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), the Ministry of Education received several complaints regarding the grades that were awarded to students.

US $44 million loan signed to enhance human capital through education

(August 12, 2022) – The Government of Guyana on Friday signed a US$44 million loan agreement with the World Bank as part of the Guyana Strengthening Human Capital through Education Project.

US Ambassador maintains commitment to education in Guyana

─ Encourages young people to prepare for first oil

At the recent signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Peace Corps Guyana and the Ministry of Education, United States (US) Ambassador Perry Holloway maintained his commitment to the education sector in Guyana.

USC pays a courtesy visit to Minister Manickchand

A delegation from the University of Southern Caribbean (USC) on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand at her Brickdam office.

The USC delegation included the university’s president, Dr Colwick Wilson; Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management, Pastor Onesi LaFleur; Dean of the School of Business and Entrepreneurship,Sherri-Lyn Legall; and Director of the Guyana Campus, Ms Mignon Sancho.

Vaccinated teens welcome the reopening of schools

As the countrywide adolescents’ vaccination campaign continues, teenagers have encouraged face to face learning, even as they urge their peers to get inoculated against the deadly Coronavirus.

West Demerara Secondary School emerges as the winner of the J.O.F. Memorial Debating Competition 2022

(December 7, 2022) – The J.O.F Haynes Memorial Debating Competition 2022 concluded today with an intense final between the West Demerara Secondary School and the Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School.

Whiz Kids season two wraps up

(March 31, 2023) - The second season of the Guyana Learning Channel’s Whiz Kids wrapped up on Friday afternoon with Joseph Prendergast from the Marian Academy emerging as the 2023 champion.

Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School wins the first round of the JOF Haynes Debating Competition 2022

(October 11, 2022) – The 2022 edition of the JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary School Debating Competition was launched today and the Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary School emerged as the winner of the first round of debating which followed against the Fort Wellington Secondary School.