Education
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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Minister of Education summons Teachers’ Union to meeting as strike looms
FLASH BACK: President David Granger being escorted in the Guyana Teachers' Union compound, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. Minister of Education, Ms....
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Guyanese selected for US Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program
Evie Gurcharan The U.S. Embassy on Friday proudly announced the 2018 cohort from Guyana for the Young Leaders of the...
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Teachers’ union never agreed to specialist to calculate pay hike; Education Minister to be officially notified of strike call
FLASH BACK: President David Granger being escorted in the Guyana Teachers' Union compound, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown on May Day, 2018....
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