Education

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced an almost US$50 million (GY$10 billion) cash-injection into the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) so that contributors who have not met the required number of contributions could still receive payments. Addressing a National Assembly sitting for several hours, Dr Ali also announced a one-off US$960 cash grant (GY$200,000) to each household, totalling US$290 million. The ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that an innovation fund would be established at St Stanislaus College on Brickdam, Georgetown, to benefit the students and that institution. He said the aim is for students to apply critical thinking to develop ideas in areas such as entrepreneurship, products, and new scientific models. The President said the intent is to assist the ...

In celebration of Education Month and Rotary International’s September theme, “Basic Education and Literacy”, the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central (RCGC) on Saturday said it launched several impactful initiatives to promote literacy and empower children and youth in local communities. Backpack Distribution: Equipping Students for Success Over 200 backpacks filled with school supplies were distributed to nursery, primary, and secondary ...

The opposition People’s National Congress Reform/A Partnership for National Unity (PNCR/APNU) on Wednesday unveiled plans to ask ExxonMobil to agree to change the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) as well as set up an inspector general’s office (IGO) to go after corruption in the oil and gas sector. “Considering the vastly changed conditions since the signing of the 2016 Stabroek ...

Acclaimed Guyanese sculptor Ivor Thom on Monday returned to work as Administrator of the E. R. Burrowes School of Art, just days after he resigned following a meeting with Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Charles Ramson over an alleged racial slur by a member of the public in the school’s compound. Mr Thom said he opted to return to work ...

Less than 10 percent of students in Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) passed the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in 2024, pointing to the urgent need to rescue the education sector in that southern Guyana region, the Alliance For Change (AFC) said Friday. “This is a national crisis. It’s not a political crisis because we cannot have any part ...

As education systems across the Caribbean grapple with challenges of inequality and outdated approaches, key regional stakeholders will determine methods for transforming the delivery of education across the Caribbean at the Regional Symposium and Policy Dialogue on Transforming Education, scheduled for October 2 to 4, 2024, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Cayman Islands. Hosted by the Caribbean Development Bank ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes’ claim that there is no nursery school building at Toka, North Rupununi, resulting in classes being held under a tree is being called into serious question as evidence has been provided that there is a building, though defective. A woman named Indranee Roopsind, in a Social Media comment on Mr Hughes’ ...

Guyana’s Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday said questions were being raised about whether the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics exam this year was tougher and so resulted in lower grades. “Kids came out of the exam bawling in a way that they did not last year. CXC is our servant like I am ...

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday launched a teachers’ college pilot project to improve Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics grades, with a stern warning that under-performing teachers would be removed. Education Minister, Priya Manickchand said the aim is to improve the pass rate to 45 or 50 percent, up from just over 30 percent this year. The pilot project ...