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With the ongoing conciliation talks between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union continuing this morning, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand noted the concerns of her Ministry about the learning loss that is being experienced as a result of the absence of teachers from the classrooms. Teachers across the country resumed their strike […]
Guyana continues to see a growing number of migrant children being enrolled in local classrooms as more persons continue to cross the borders from neighbouring Venezuela to escape the hardships in their country. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, revealed this morning that there are more than 3000 migrant children currently enrolled in local classrooms at […]
The Government of Guyana has announced that some 13,000 students are set to benefit from the first phase of its student debt write-off at the University of Guyana. According to the Minister responsible for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, the first phase eliminates loans owed by graduates of the University of Guyana. The University of Guyana […]
Chief Labour Officer, Dhaneshwar Deonarine, has written to the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Ministry of Education inviting both sides to Conciliation talks, as teachers are continuing their resumed strike action. General Secretary of the GTU, Coretta McDonald, informed teachers late yesterday that following the virtual meeting between GTU Executives and teachers about their ongoing […]
Teachers across the country resumed strike action today, and the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte reported this afternoon that more than 60% of the nation’s teachers stayed away from their jobs. The GTU said its members made a decision to resume strike action over the Government’s continued failure to engage the […]
With the Government holding firm to its position that it will only negotiate salaries for teachers from this year moving forward and not the 2019-to 2023 period, the Guyana Teachers’ Union has announced that a decision has been taken for teachers to resume their strike action. At a press conference today, GTU officials said the […]
High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon, today gave the Government 24hrs to produce records of the discussions with the Guyana Teachers’ Union on the issue of collective bargaining. The Judge made the order today after listening to arguments from the GTU’s Attorney Darren Wade and from the Attorney General Anil Nandlall on the GTU’s most recent […]
By Svetlana Marshall The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Dr. Mark Lyte, is warning the Government that there will be a resumption of the nationwide industrial action by teachers, if it fails to return to the negotiation table to discuss salary increases for teachers for the period 2019-2023 as part of a proposed […]
Maintaining that the 2024 Budget does not have the fiscal space to facilitate a retroactive payment of salary increases to teachers for the years 2019 to 2023, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said other sectors would make similar demands, should the Government heed to the demands of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU). The Guyana Teachers’ […]
Over 15,000 Grade Six students from across the country are sitting their second round of mock exams in preparation for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations, which will be administered in May. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand explained that the mock exams are set, managed and run by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), and […]
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