Latest update February 19th, 2025 1:44 PM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

Spelling Bee winners receive prizes

Sep 27, 2010 News

BUSH LOT VILLAGE, WEST COAST BERBICE – Mortice Primary School has won the Department of Education in Region Five 2010 Spelling Bee Competition.
Fifteen schools battled for supremacy at the Latchman Singh Primary at Bush Lot, West Coast of Berbice. In the second spot was the Hopetown Primary followed by the Latchman Singh.
Andrew Persaud, Jiana and Ceon Singh were adjudged the best spellers of the Mortice, Hopetown and Latchman Singh Primary Schools respectively. Mortice Primary along with the other two top performing schools earned trophies while the three best spellers won themselves medals.
Coordinator of the competition Inderjeet Persaud, who is also a teacher at the Mortice Primary School, explained that the competition was only for grade five students and was one of the activities planned for Education Month. Attending the function were Education Officers Primary, Region Five – Chittrawattie Tularam and Bashir Khan.
Prizes were donated by the Aditya Kids Trust Fund Foundation of Bath Settlement on the West Coast of Berbice.
According to Mr. Persaud, other activities to mark the occasion would continue on Tuesday September 28 when there would be a Recipe Competition for secondary schools. Each entrant must produce an original recipe and be able to prepare the item before judges within a stipulated time.
Later this week the Latchman Singh Primary would be transformed into a Reading Tent and would feature all primary schools in Region Five.
The students from these institutions are to set up reading corners in different parts of the school in a bid to promote reading.
The Teacher Award Ceremony on October 1 would bring the curtain down on activities for Education Month in Region Five.
This would target those from the seven secondary, 31 primary and a matching number of nursery schools between the right bank of the Mahaica River and Ithaca on West Bank of Berbice.
According to Mr. Persaud, letters were dispatched to each school outlining the criteria.
The administrations are expected to work in tandem with the respective parent/teacher associations to select eligible teachers. From that list the best teachers would be chosen.

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| February, 14th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Girls’ Hockey team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr Challenge

Girls’ Hockey team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr Challenge

Feb 19, 2025

The final 16 players of the Guyana Girls Under-21 hockey team have been selected to compete in the 2025 PAHF Junior Challenge scheduled for Bridgetown, Barbados from 8th to 16th March, 2025.  The...
Read More
Matthew Moore and Joshua John cop Best Lifters accolade; Jasmaine Assanah and Tisha McCalmon rock

Matthew Moore and Joshua John cop Best Lifters...

Feb 19, 2025

Imlach, Permaul among top 10 in batting/bowling for Harpy Eagles 

Imlach, Permaul among top 10 in batting/bowling...

Feb 19, 2025

GFF personnel participate in FIFA Concussion Awareness Workshop

GFF personnel participate in FIFA Concussion...

Feb 19, 2025

OVER-50s WORLD CUP – ROUND 6 ROUND-UP

OVER-50s WORLD CUP – ROUND 6 ROUND-UP

Feb 19, 2025

Pepsi/Michael Parris U16 Tournament returns on Saturday

Pepsi/Michael Parris U16 Tournament returns on...

Feb 19, 2025

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]