{"id":27628,"date":"2026-01-05T14:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27628"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:47:06","slug":"new-school-term-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-school-term-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"New school term begins-"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>students urged to remain focused, showcase commitment to studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>The new school term begins today, and Education Minister Sonia Parag is urging students across the country to recommit themselves to their studies, especially those in Grade 6 and Grade 11.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Parag reminded that learners preparing for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations are entering a decisive phase, with mock exams and finals just weeks away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Minister Parag praised teachers for their role in shaping the nation\u2019s future and urged them to approach the new term with renewed energy and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Parag.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Parag.png 910w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Parag-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Parag-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Parag-155x86.png 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hon. Sonia Parag Minister of Education<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> <\/strong>Minister will be visiting schools as the term begins and, like many parents, will personally accompany her child to school on the first day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>students urged to remain focused, showcase commitment to studies The new school term begins today, and Education Minister Sonia Parag is urging students across the country to recommit themselves to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[406,459,370,462,412,405],"class_list":["post-27628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-406","tag-education","tag-guyana","tag-ministry-of-education","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27629,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27628\/revisions\/27629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}