by Cofona Admin | Feb 24, 2014 | Education, News
Dear Editor, Recently I had joined the fourth and fifth form students of the Berbice High School, along with their teachers, who held their first suicide awareness walk through the streets of New Amsterdam, sensitising residents and especially the young people about...
by Cofona Admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Education, News
– Anu Dev tied at number two with five ones President’s College student Shalita Appadu came out on top in this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination with six grade ones and one grade two. In 2011 Appadu who attended the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary...
by Cofona Admin | Jun 1, 2013 | Education, News
A leading Guyanese-born academician has been promoted to a top position at a major university in the United States. Dr Leon C Wilson, formerly the dean of Alabama State University (ASU) College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, has been promoted to ASU’s interim...
by Cofona Admin | Mar 24, 2013 | Education, News
The Carnegie School of Home Economics as it is now known was essentially birthed in the 19th century when several institutions were set up to educate the younger generation, primarily women. It was formerly known as the Carnegie Trade School. History tells us that the...
by Cofona Admin | Feb 21, 2013 | Education, News
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, performing the duties of President, on Tuesday evening attended the second of a three-part commemorative lecture series in observance of the 250th anniversary of the 1763 Berbice Slave Revolt at the Umana Yana. The lecture was delivered by...
by Cofona Admin | Feb 21, 2013 | Education, News
Pupils from several nursery schools in New Amsterdam took the town by storm on Thursday when the Education Ministry held its Mashramani Kidde’s Street Parade. “Man dem lil children could wuk up,” one onlooker said. The children displayed costumes that were designed to...
