by Cofona Admin | Sep 29, 2015 | Education, News
This year, Berbice High School (BHS) is gearing for its 100th anniversary. The school which has been the premier educational institution in the Ancient County opened its door on September 5, 1916. At its inception Berbice High School was a Boys’ School started with an...
by Cofona Admin | Dec 13, 2014 | Education, News
Lack of adequate and qualified instructors, cramped space, noise interference, poor ventilation in classrooms and building safety concerns were among the issues raised by Resident Tutor of the New Amsterdam School of Nursing, Ms. Oslyn Hicken. She was addressing the...
by Cofona Admin | Jun 7, 2014 | Education, News
Veteran educator, trade unionist, cultural activist, prominent Roman Catholic, New Amsterdam resident and poet, Mrs. Rose Dos Ramos, died yesterday at 05:45 hrs at the New Amsterdam Hospital following a period of illness. She was 58. Born in New Amsterdam, Rose from a...
by Cofona Admin | May 5, 2014 | Education, News
First and Final Year Primary and Nursery teachers pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Education demonstrated their creativity and resourcefulness during the recent Annual Exhibition of Instructional Materials held by the University of Guyana Berbice Campus’s (UGBC). This...
by Cofona Admin | Mar 16, 2014 | Education, News
A number of topical issues were craftily ventilated by students at the finals of the keenly contested Regional Impromptu Speech Competition for secondary schools in Berbice. The event was held on Thursday at the St. Francis Community Developers Multipurpose Conference...
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...