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President Irfaan Ali has announced plans by the Government to wipe out the tuition requirement at the University of Guyana, making the country’s top tertiary education institution tuition free. Addressing the Parliament today, the President said the initiative is expected to cost the government some $18B. The plan to make University education free has been […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today announced that since the introduction of the Government’s loan forgiveness programme for University of Guyana students, some 346 students have benefitted to the tune of $203.7M. At his weekly press conference this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo said the Government is seeking to write-off an additional 2,900 student loans this year which […]
Global engineering and construction company in the energy sector, Saipem has announced the launch of its 2024 Local Community Initiatives (LCIs) Plan in Guyana with hopes of increasing its commitment and bolstering relations with communities across the country. In a release, the company said it has always been engaged in creating lasting value for the […]
The Education Ministry has launched its Libraries for Primaries initiative, which will see the introduction of a library in every primary school across the country. This initiative was launched on Tuesday at the Grove Primary school by Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, who said that the aim is to ensure that children are able to read […]
Recognising the poor performance of students in Mathematics at the CXC level, the Ministry of Education has launched a Math Intervention Initiative. As part of the effort, students preparing to write their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams, as well as their teachers and parents will now have access to a Mathematics WhatsApp Helpline to address […]
Economist and Former Minister of Finance under the APNU+AFC Coalition Government, Winston Jordan, has added his voice to the recent agreement signed between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union. While reacting to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s position that the recent agreement represents one of the highest percentage of salaries increase given to […]
The University of Guyana has welcomed more than 3,700 new students for the 2024-2025 academic year. It is the largest batch of new students in the University’s 61-year history according to Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr. Paloma Mohammed. Among the new students at UG are three teenagers who exceeded expectations by acing the CXC examinations a […]
Faced with a growing decline in the pass rate for Mathematics at the high school level, the Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain, has dispatched a 16-point guideline that secondary schools are to take on board to improve the performances of their students in Mathematics. As part of the guideline, Headteachers have been told that Mathematics […]
The University of Guyana is set to begin the new academic year with a week-long series of orientation sessions which will end with a formal opening this Friday. In a release, the University’s administrators said although many programmes are at capacity, students who have applied and not yet heard from the University or who wish […]
Moments after the signing of an agreement between the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Government, President Irfaan Ali went live on Facebook, to announce that he was pleased with the agreement. In his video statement, the President said teachers should look at the entire package being offered to them, and not just the salary increases. […]
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