Education

The Guyana Police Force made history today as it became the first Public Agency in Guyana to be recognised and accredited by the National Accreditation Council, that law enforcement agency said in a statement. In a historic ‘Handing Over Ceremony’ hosted at the Officers’ Training Centre earlier this morning (Friday, September 08, 2023), the Police Force’s Academy officially received the ...

The 40-year old United Kingdom government’s Chevening Scholarship is contributing “future leaders”, several of whom are periodically brainstorming issues in Guyana and encouraging more locals to apply. President of the Chevening Alumni (Guyana), Hubert Forrester said his organisation pairs previous scholarship awardees with new counterparts. Members, he said, also host online discussions titled’ Chevening Talks’ where they “share their expertise” ...

Migrants from Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago are contributing to a rise in the population of Region Three (West Demerara-Essequibo Islands), resulting in government having to cater for increasing school populations there, according to officials. President Irfaan Ali said the more than 1,000 Spanish-speaking children in schools there comes at a time when government was forging ahead with plans to ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that in the coming weeks an emergency response strategy would be unveiled to address unsatisfactory performance in Mathematics. Addressing the opening of the Victoria Lily Primary School at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, he said the Ministry of Education would soon add compulsory teaching hours for students who would be sitting Mathematics. “I’m of the ...

The University of Guyana (UG) on Tuesday formally announced the establishment of a not-for-profit biodiversity research centre in the Essequibo River near the Mazaruni and Cuyuni rivers with an assurance by the British non-governmental organisation that the aim is not to export scientific information from the area. Co-founder of the Sophia Point Rainforest Research Institute, British parliamentarian David Lammy said ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Saturday advised Afro-Guyanese to get involved in business and urged communities to support them so that they can continue to thrive. He stressed the critical importance of creating a business class in each village in which villagers buy and sell from each other to generate wealth within. “The African Guyanese needs to focus on business. ...

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand Wednesday night announced that the Mahdia Secondary School’s girls dormitory would most likely not be rebuilt there and a number of girls would instead be transferred to President’s College, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. “Our consultation with the community and all the stakeholders have produced a reluctance to build another dormitory at the location,” she ...

Decisionmakers on Wednesday were encouraged to involve youths and children in climate policy formation and action at the opening of a three-day Advocacy and Youth Forum, at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Georgetown, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday. The three-day forum is being held by the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) in collaboration with UNICEF Guyana in ...

Former well-known Guyanese journalist, now a New York-based Attorney-at-Law Dr Vivian M. Williams, Esq. and Adjunct Professor, has been included in Marquis Who’s Who, the entity said in a statement. Dr Williams can also practice in Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago, As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. ...

Former Chief Education Officer Dr. Olato Sam was shot dead early Friday morning on the Plaisance Line Top,  the Ministry of Education confirmed. Ironically, up to the time of his passing he was finalising a plan for the Ministry of Education to combat school violence. “He was working on several things but particularly a holistic national plan for addressing violence ...