…Saraswati Vidya Nakitan girl tops Guyana at CAPE

Kaieteur News – The country’s top three performers at the 2022 Caribbean Secondary Examinations Certificate (CSEC) are from Anna Regina Secondary School while the top 2022 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) student is from Saraswati Vidya Nakitan.

THE National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Cycling Championships trophy will remain with District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) for the sixth consecutive year after they comfortably won the 60th edition that concluded at the Synthetic Track, West Coast Demerara, on Friday night.

Earlier this year there were multiple reports of violent behaviour portrayed by students at secondary schools across the country, prompting the need for intervention by the Education Ministry.

The 60th edition of the National Schools Cycling, Swimming, and Track and Field Championships, commonly called ‘Nationals’, got underway in fine style with cycling and then the 10km open road race on Sunday.

The Caribbean Voice (TCV) applauds the decision of the Ministry of Education to finally place counsellors in high schools across Guyana. TCV has been lobbying for this since 2014.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand has warned teachers against abusing or beating students in the classrooms, as she urged them to find new and civilised disciplinary methods.

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education’s Unit for the Blind and Visually Impaired hosted the inaugural National Blind Education Conference on Tuesday, at the National Library, Georgetown.  The event was held in collaboration with the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD).