Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing International Literacy Day on Monday, September 8, 2014 under the theme," Literacy and Sustainable Development".

You are invited to join the Ministry at 11:00 hours on Monday September 8th to Read for 15 Minutes.

The Ministry of Education wishes to advise the public that the January 2015 sitting of the C.S.E.C examination is scheduled to be held from 05 January 2015 to 20 January 2015.

Registration forms for the examination are obtainable at the Examinations Division, Queen’s College Compound, the Regional Education Offices in Region 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, and from this link:  CSEC Entry Form for January (26.64 kB). 

The closing date for the return of the registration forms to the Examinations Division, Queen’s College Compound is Friday 26 September 2014.

Late entries close on Friday 03 October 2014. Entries received after that date will NOT be accepted.

Subjects being offered at the CSEC January sitting are Biology, Chemistry, English A, English B, Human and Social Biology, Information Technology (Gen.), Mathematics, Office Administration, Physics, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, Social Studies and Spanish.

The May/June 2015 sitting of the CSEC examination is scheduled to be held from 05th May 2015 to 12th June 2015.

Registration forms for the examination are obtainable at the Examinations Division, Queen’s College Compound and at the Regional Education Offices in Region 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10.

The closing date for the return of registration forms to the Examinations Division, Queen’s College Compound is Friday 21st November 2014.

Entries submitted after that date will NOT be accepted.

Note: From May/June 2015, the Alternative Paper (3/2) for Biology, Chemistry and Physics is a practical examination and will incur a practical fee.

Sauda Kadir
Superintendent of Examinations

ADVISORY 

The Ministry of Education wishes to advise the public that all public schools in Georgetown will remain closed on Friday, November 21, 2014 to facilitate the sanitization of the facilities.

Meanwhile, schools in Regions 2, 3, and 5 with the exception of the Bygeval Secondary school will be reopened.

Parents and guardians of Region 4 (East Bank and East Coast) are asked to note that most schools will be reopened on Friday, November 21, with the exception of the following:

Clonbrook Primary
Clonbrook Nursery
Enmore Primary
Ghandi Memorial Nursery
Providence Primary.
Chateau Margot Primary
Chateau Margot Nursery
Ann's Grove Primary
Ann's Grove Nursery
Unity Nursery

 Parents of South Road Nursery School please be advised that South Road Nursery will remain closed on Monday, November 24, 2014 to allow for the sanitization of the facilities.

ADVISORY 

The Ministry of Education wishes to advise that all public schools will be closed from Friday, December 12 for the Christmas break. 

The Ministry of Education denounces the horrendous attack on a school in Peshawar in Pakistan earlier today.