Education
Striking teachers abandoned classrooms countrywide while others remained on the job
Teachers in Mabaruma vent their frustration on these placards. Numerous teachers across Guyana stayed away from classrooms at government-run schools,...
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Education Ministry refuses to go to arbitration in exchange for calling off strike
GTU President Mark Lyte, acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Adele Clarke, Chief Education Officer Marcel Hutson and...
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Teachers’ Union to prolong strike if govt refuses to negotiate recommended 40 percent salary hike
Executives of the Guyana Teachers Union briefing the media on Tuesday. The Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) on Thursday threatened to...
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University of Guyana warns against stealing other people’s works, buying papers
A section of the new University of Guyana students at the orientation session held at the George Walcott Lecture Theatre...
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Teachers’ salary increase demands “unrealistic”; 10% percent per year plus non-salary benefits more realistic
FLASH BACK: Teachers outside the Ministry of Education anxiously awaiting word from their union representatives who were Thursday afternoon locked...
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Technical-vocational education- a tool to tackle youth unemployment ; stop denying there are problems- Pres. Granger
President David Granger in the background addressing the opening of the Cuffy250 Annual State of African Guyanese Forum. President David...
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“We don’t want a clash” with teachers; govt offering what it can afford- Granger
President David Granger laying a wreath at the 1823 Demerara Revolt Monument President David Granger on Monday virtually ruled out...
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No cash strike relief but teachers still vow to abandon classrooms; GTU to seek legal advice on blocking salary deductions
Guyana Teachers' Union President, Mark Lyte (standing) addressing teachers at the GTU's headquarters on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. As thousands of...
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Ministry of Education releases CAPE, CSEC reports
L-R – Assistant Superintendent of Examinations, Ms. Dawn Griffith,Deputy Permanent Secretary (Finance), Ms. Adele Clarke, Minister of Education,Nicolette Henry and...
Read moreDetailsMinistry of Education preparing to activate emergency plan if teachers strike for increased salaries, allowances
Delegations from the Ministry of Education, Department of Labour and the Guyana Teachers Union meeting on Thursday at the Ministry...
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