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More charging stations for electric vehicles as UN launches ‘JET’ initiative in GuyanaThe United Nations in Guyana, supported by the Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Fund, launched the Just Energy Transition (JET)…
Guyana’s education reforms spotlighted in World Bank Caribbean seriesBy Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.gy Guyana’s Deputy Chief Education Officer with responsibility for hinterland education, Marti DeSouza, has highlighted key reforms…
Chief Instructor Shellon Lynch: Breaking barriers and empowering womenAt the Mahaicony Technical and Vocational Training Centre, 36-year-old Shellon Lynch has established herself not just as an instructor but…
Sasha Fraser and Alicia Ward: Breaking Barriers for Women in STEMFor years, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been a male-dominated field, often discouraging young women from pursuing careers…
$1.7B to rebuild Cottonfield Secondary SchoolMinister of Education, Priya Manickchand, on Wednesday officially turned the sod for the $1.7 billion reconstruction of the Cottonfield Secondary…
One Guyana Hope Festival gets boost with football donationMark Singh has donated footballs and boots to the Queenstown Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) to support the upcoming One Guyana…
Schools have rules, but ‘no child to be sent home for hairstyles’ – ManickchandFollowing a recent post on social media about a schoolgirl who was sent home from the Yarrowkabra Secondary School because…
Annandale murder suspect succumbsBidraj Ganesh known as ‘Boy’, the man who brutally murdered his wife, Bibi Fazila Ally at his Annandale, East Coast…
Special school being designed amid rising diagnoses of autism, intellectual disabilitiesThe Ministry of Education is currently designing an autism school as a rise in diagnoses for children with autism and…
About 40% of teachers absent daily – ManickchandA critical issue is currently plaguing the education sector – teachers’ absenteeism. This was revealed by Minister of Education Priya…
CPCE launches ‘pillars of inclusion’ programmes to enhance equitable educationThe Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) on Wednesday officially launched four new programmes designed to address certain gaps in…
AI can transform, shape sustainable future for Guyana – Christopher ClarkeDr. Christopher Clarke, a Guyanese computer scientist, educator, and entrepreneur, has dedicated over a decade to the field of artificial…
$35.7M reconstructed Providence Nursery School commissionedMinister of Education, Priya Manickchand recently commissioned the newly reconstructed Providence Nursery School at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, a significant…
‘I used to do hair for free, but it’s now my bread and butter’Retold by Deandra Daniels Photography Deandra Daniels Series editor Neil Marks I used to do people’s hair for free. I…
‘Historic milestone’ as UG gets institutional accreditation The University of Guyana, in a simple yet momentous internal ceremony, has attained universal institutional accreditation. While several programmes at…
Sod turned for Guyana’s first school for the deafSee below the full statement issued by the Ministry of Education: In its unwavering commitment to inclusive education and the…
Vaksana: A sanctuary of healing and hope for womenBy Faith Seabra Just off the coast of Pomeroon-Supenaam, where winds carry the whispers of the sea and lush rice…



