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How growing up Guyanese prepared a Brooklyn-born Volunteer for Peace Corps service
Reproduced from Peace Corps (peacecorps.gov) by Chanel Rigby, a Peace Corps Response Volunteer who serves as a school support officer...
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Govt cannot afford to pay teachers more
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday signaled that government could not afford to pay teachers higher salaries now as planners...
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Teachers’ strike is political because govt’s decisions are political- PNCR Executive Member Gary Best
The now three-day old teachers' strike called by the Guyana Teachers' Union is "political" as the educators are responding to...
Read moreDetailsGTU to collect union dues through MMG; says strike relief available
The Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) on Tuesday said it would be collecting union dues through Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), hours...
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GTU, Education Ministry in battle over salary figures
Headmaster of the Essequibo Islands Secondary School Sheikh Ahmad and Headmistress of The Bishops’ High School Shandrina Welcome-Lee participating in...
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APNU+AFC, WPA support teachers’ strike
The People's National Congress Reform-led parliamentary coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) as well as the...
Read moreDetailsMinistry of Education stops deducting teachers’ union dues over GTU’s “conduct” ; GTU calls it union dues “union busting”
Deeming the now two-day old teachers' strike "unlawful", the Ministry of Education has officially informed the Guyana Teachers' Union that...
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Striking teachers will lose pay; Education Ministry mum on number of “most teachers” who worked
The Ministry of Education on Monday said teachers, who participate in an illegal strike, would lose pay, but declined to...
Read moreDetailsMixed assessment of impact of teachers’ strike
Even as the Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) vowed that the strike action would continue if the Ministry of Education does...
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Teachers’ Union dismisses claims of alleged threats
The Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) on Monday dismissed claims by the Guyana Police Force that teachers were being threatened to...
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