News & Events

(May 4, 2022) – The Ministry of Education in close collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the Guyana Football Federation on Wednesday launched FIFA’s Football for Schools (F4S) programme.

Today, the Chief Education Officer, Dr. Marcel Hutson conducted an empowerment seminar with 56 Headteachers of Region No. 4 with the aim of improving the performance of students at the National Grade Six Assessment…

(May 3, 2022) – Schools at all levels are now fully reopened with the Grade Seven and the Year One nursery pupils turning out today for their first day of classes.

There has been a full return to face-to-face classes and Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that schools may remain open during the upcoming July/ August break to help educators recoup some of the learning…

(April 29, 2022) - The Chief Education Officer, Dr. Marcel Hutson visited Region Five today to conduct a development session with Primary School Headteachers with the aim of strategizing for improved performance at the…

(April 28, 2022) – The Special Education Needs Unit (SEN) of the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) closed off Autism Awareness Month 2022 with an Acceptance Outreach held at NCERD in Kingston…

(April 28, 2022) – The Honourable Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand is presently in Nairobi, Kenya participating in the 21st Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM).

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) held an emergency meeting to discuss several matters related to the Regional Examinations.

UNICEF Representative Nicolas Pron yesterday met with Keon Cheong, Coordinator at the Regional Special Education Needs/Disability Diagnostic and Treatment Centre and his team in Guyana

The Tucville Secondary school in Georgetown has been closed as the Ministry of Education investigates complaints of hazardous electrical issues at the school.

Scores of students from Grades 9 to 12 finally returned to full face-to-face learning at schools on Monday, after almost two years of online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(April 25, 2022) - After being closed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, today public schools fully reopened their doors to children across Guyana. Over the next week, pupils in every grade will be returning to…