Government takes steps in making Antigua-Barbuda a multilingual society 

PM Spencer with Antiguan and Barbudan students
studying in Cuba.  Photos by Maurice F. Merchant

Friday, April 29, 2005

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has moved closer towards implementing its educational policy of making the entire nation multilingual.

During his official visit to the Republic of Cuba, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer requested assistance from the Cuban government in the provision of tutors in the area of Spanish, the second official language of the Caribbean.

The country’s leader also expressed the government’s interest in short courses in Spanish, including the possibility of teaching that language on radio and television.

The Cuban government expressed their acceptance to collaborate in the teaching of Spanish Language both for primary education and for professors. To this end, a Cuban expert will shortly visit Antigua and Barbuda to carry out preliminary diagnosis and establish a plan of action.

In the long term, the Baldwin Spencer administration plans to make available language instruction in well-equipped language laboratories, to the nation’s young people and interested adults.

Antiguan and Barbudan students who study in Cuba are required to learn and speak Spanish during their course of study. This is believed to be very beneficial to the students as they not only return with a degree but fully bilingual. 

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