News & Events

Students from across the Rupununi visited the Iwokrama rainforest, last Wednesday, as part of a Grade Nine Integrated Science research project.

Students, parents, teachers and operators of private schools got their chance to have their say about the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on private tuition, as the government begins a process of carefully reviewing…

Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine says that the government is open to suggestions on alternatives to the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on private tuition.

Twenty five youths from Bartica recently completed a six month Board of Industrial Training (BIT) in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection.

Recognizing the need for a comprehensive reform of the sex education curriculum in schools, the Ministry of Education, backed by several non-governmental organizations has embarked on an initiative aimed at lowering the…

Over 150 children now have access to swings, slides and seesaws at Lochaber Primary School and Orealla Nursery School due to the generosity of the GAIL Foundation Inc and its donors.

Through the efforts of the Guyana Early Childhood Education Project (GECEP), hinterland (Regions 1, 7, 8 and 9) and riverine schools from the coastal regions (Regions 2, 3,4, 5,6, and 10) have received tool-kits used…

A proposal by the Region Eight Administration to expand the range of educational classes to be offered at the Kato Secondary School is with the government. The school is yet to be completed.

Over 150 children now have access to swings, slides and seesaws at Lochaber Primary School and Orealla Nursery School due to the generosity of the GAIL Foundation Inc and its donors.

Communities in Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo will now benefit from a timely initiative of the Lethem Mayor and Town Council to provide transportation services to hundreds of students there.

The Office of Climate Change is working with children at the nursery school level to teach them about the environment and climate change.

Education ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are currently in Guyana for the 37th meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD).