Education

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced the following increases in salaries and allowances for teachers. He said the announcement followed direct consultations with teachers and meeting between ministers and representatives of trade unions including the Guyana Teachers Union. Dr Ali said teachers are among government workers who would receive a one-off GY$25,000 bonus payable in December 2023. The President said ...

At least 20 European companies have signaled their intention to participate in the European Union’s (EU) first ever trade mission under the “Global Gateway” partnership initiative with 150 countries, EU’s Ambassador to Guyana, “We would have the very first trade mission coming to Guyana and that trade mission is here under the heading of the Global Gateway,” Rene Van Nes ...

The University of Guyana (UG) on Friday said it was “appalled” at alleged utterances by a part-time lecturer and has asked its Law Department to conduct a probe. “The evidence and the circumstances surrounding the conversation are now being investigated by the Department of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences. This type of behaviour is unacceptable and is against the University’s ...

The University on Thursday said it is quickly producing “Prepare Rather Than Fear- Venezuela’s Illegal Claim and Its Possible Effects” its’ very successful first “Turkeyen and Tain Talks” series since COVID . The event will be held next Monday, November 6 at 4.45 pm at the Savannah Suite of the Hotel Pegasus in Kingston, Georgetown Guyana. The University says the ...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US$90 million loan to contribute to human capital development in Guyana, the hemispheric bank said Wednesday. The loan approved by the IDB’s Board of Executive Directors is designed to expand access to safe and improved learning environments and enhance educational services for vulnerable students in Guyana. This is the first individual operation of ...

The first all-female team is representing Guyana at the First Global Challenge annual Olympics-style robotics competition is now among the top 24 teams in the playoffs in the event being held in Singapore, St Stanislaus College statement. Ariel Taylor(Co-captain), T’Sehai Holder(Co-captain), Xaria Holder (Strategist), Lateisha MacArthur (Driver) and Italy Ton-Chung (Driver) competed against 190 other countries over the last three ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU have separately castigated President Irfaan Ali for holding talks directly with teachers and warned that settling for allowances now would cheat them of larger retirement pensions and gratuities. The GPSU accused President Ali of violating the Constitution, Laws of Guyana, Parliament-ratified International Labour Organization (ILO) ...

An executive member of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has said that that bargaining agent did not recognise a Ministry of Education invitation attend President Irfaan Ali’s meeting with teachers. “Please don’t disrespect us teachers by never formally even inviting GTU to your consultation that seeks to bypass an elected and constituted body,” GTU General Council representative for Bartica, Sergio ...

A number of teachers on Monday told President Irfaan Ali that they prefer increased allowances rather than a salary hike, sparking off a criticism by a senior trade unionist. Headmistress for Vreed-en-Hoop Primary School, Joan Bhagwandass echoed the views of several other teachers in justifying the need for allowances rather than increased salaries which are taxed. “Whenever I hear a ...

Guyana will by next year have its first specialty hospital whose focus will be on eye care with the aim of tapping into the medical tourism market, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Optique Vision Care, Dhani Narine said Friday. He made the announcement at a 10th anniversary observance, and later told Demerara Waves Online News that more than US$3 ...