By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2024
Education, News, Politics
The Ministry of Education has launched its new Primary textbook Series “Mathematics Made Easy,” and “Social Studies: Guyanese in the World”. The launching took place at the Round House in Kingston. The textbooks were designed using culturally relevant and modern materials that are aligned with the Education Ministry’s new Primary curriculum for both Mathematics and […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2024
Education, News, Politics
The umbrella trade union body, the Guyana Trades Union Congress, today accused the Ministry of Education and the Government of entering the recent talks with the Guyana Teachers Union in a high-handed and disrespectful way. The Guyana Trades Union Congress said it will continue to stand with the teachers and all those who were affected […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2024
Education, News, Politics
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Dr. Mark Lyte, has announced that the Union will be heading back to the High Court in wake of a breakdown of talks with the Education Ministry following the Court appointed mediation process that ended the strike by teachers. The GTU is accusing the Ministry of Education of […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2024
Education, News, Politics
Hours after talks between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union broke down today after the two sides could not agree on the period of salary increases to be examined, the Education Ministry is sticking to its position that negotiations on salary matters would have to be from this year and onwards. The […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2024
Education, News, Politics
A special meeting of CARICOM and its international partners along with Haitian stakeholders on the situation in Haiti, ended early this morning in Jamaica with the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister, Dr. Ariel Henry. Henry’s resignation paves the way for the setting up of a transitional Presidential Council that will oversee the affairs of the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2024
Education, News, Politics
Hours after the Guyana Teachers’ Union stated that its meeting with the Ministry of Education on Thursday ended with an agreement that the salary negotiations will begin with the 2019 to 2023 period, the Education Ministry has stated that there has been no such agreement. In a statement last evening, the Ministry of Education denied […]
By News Source Guyana on March 7, 2024
Education, News, Politics
By Svertlana Marshall Negotiations between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) wrapped up today with an agreement that the proposed multi-year agreement, that is currently under discussion, will cover a period of five years – 2019 to 2023. The agreement was reached following a brief impasse. President of the Guyana Teachers’ […]
By News Source Guyana on March 6, 2024
Education, News, Politics
The turn out rate for teachers on Wednesday was high, as schools across the country returned to a state of normalcy following the four-week strike action by teachers. In a brief telephone interview with News Source, General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Coretta McDonald said teachers reported for school in large numbers today. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 5, 2024
Education, News, Politics
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte is confident that the GTU will be able to secure a “substantial package” for teachers when it meets with the Ministry of Education on its proposed multi-year agreement. The talks are expected to begin within 48 hours of the resumption of work by teachers, who are […]
By News Source Guyana on March 4, 2024
Education, News
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has agreed to end its nationwide strike by teachers as the Government has agreed to meet with the union to restart negotiations on salary and other matters. Representatives of the GTU and the Government ended their Court ordered mediation this afternoon after several hours of mediation talks. Just before 6pm, the […]