IDB Lab invests US$950,000 in STEM Guyana ‘Learning Pods’ to reach 1000 children

  IDB Lab, the innovative laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced today that it is providing financial support to STEM Guyana Inc. to...

Breaking: Ministry launches “Operation Recovery” to find continuously absent Primary School students

  The Ministry of Education has launched ‘Operation Recovery’ within the 11 Education Districts to find those primary school students who have been continuously absent...

$13.7M nursery school commissioned in Sebai  

  Some 40 students of Sebai, Matarkai sub-district, Region One (Barima Waini), will benefit from a $13.7 million nursery school which was commissioned on Wednesday.   Minister of...

UG Foundation holds key to institution achieving world- class status

  The landmark University of Guyana Foundation (UGF) was officially launched on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, paving the way for a long-term independent endowment fund...

President urges UG Graduates to use newly acquired skills to revolutionise Guyana’s development

  The University of Guyana's graduating class of 2020/2021 was recently urged by President, Dr. Irfaan Ali to use their newly-acquired skills to develop themselves...

UNHCR donates 200 tablets, 8,000 ‘Access to Education in Guyana’ brochures

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which serves as the UN Refugee Agency, donated 200 electronic tablets and 8,000 ‘Access to Education...

Over 5,000 Guyanese apply for online scholarships through GOAL portal

  Over 5,000 Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) applications have been processed as of February 9, 2022. Professor Jacob Opadeyi, GOAL's Director, said the...

Govt. to spend over $500M to take CPCE’s teachers’ training programme fully online –...

  The education sector budget has an allocation of over $500 million earmarked for the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) to go fully online...

119 secondary school students register to learn crop, soil, commercial food preparation, furniture making

  On January 31, 2022, the Ministry of Education registered its first batch of students into the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) programme totalling 119 students...

Almost 70% of 2021 GOAL Scholarship awardees are women – Minister

  The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is well on its way to fulfil its promise to make 20,000 online scholarships accessible to citizens within...

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