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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Helping to further the knowledge and skills of young Caribbean Nationals, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is offering scholarships to those interested in studying tourism and hospitality. read more.. |
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WASHINGTON, USA:  Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin on Tuesday applauded the launch of the new Organization of American States (OAS) scholarship program, noting that this is “an encouraging development that is of critical importance to the countries of the hemisphere, read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The year 2009 will be last time regional students will get the opportunity sit the Basic Proficiency Examinations (BPE) offered by the Council for the Caribbean Secondary Certificate (CSEC). read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The academic programmes and initiatives being undertaken by the University of the West Indies have received further endorsement from FirstCaribbean International Bank. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: During a visit on Wednesday to the new campus of the University of Trinidad and Tobago, education experts from around the hemisphere learned about the country’s new policies to ensure that schoolteachers can earn a university education. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Professor Eon Nigel Harris was elected Chairman of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) at a Special Meeting of the Council held on September 22 in Jamaica. Professor Harris, a Guyanese by birth, brings to CXC a wealth of experience in education. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: A four-day seminar entitled "New Approaches to Policy and Practice for Teacher Educators in the Americas" opens Tuesday in Port-of-Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: The embassy of Mexico for the OECS countries, based in St Lucia, has announced that seventeen Eastern Caribbean students have received full scholarships granted by the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: A total of 522 492 candidates from across the region took the Caribbean Examinations Council examinations for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) this year. read more.. |
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MANDEVILLE, Jamaica:  The Leader of the Opposition in Jamaica Bruce Golding has challenged graduates of the Northern Caribbean University to change the prevailing tide of apathy pervading Jamaican university campuses, by rekindling the fire and intellectual fervour. read more.. |
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NASSAU, Bahamas:  Perry Christie, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, has called on universities across the Caribbean to establish a regional co-operative education network, which would see university students travelling to different islands to complete aspects of a single degree programme. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: Teachers in the British Virgin Islands begin a four-day summer institute on Monday aimed at improving classroom instruction in preparation for the new school year. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands Dr Orlando Smith has called a decision to offer free tuition for studies at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College a powerful demonstration of BVI pride. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) has fully accredited the University of the West Indies' Medical Programme. read more.. |
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| A recent report in the Observer Newspaper in Jamaica mentioned the Minister of Education in that country as urging tertiary level institutions to improve the quality of education they offer. read more.. |
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 On Grand Bahama Island, only 20 percent of the graduation class of government-run high schools is college ready. Amidst that reality, one campus superintendent is demonstrating how to boost academic excellence. read more.. |
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| Recently throughout the Caribbean, there have been a number of discussions on the issue of what makes a school good. A recent article in the Nation News of Barbados commented on this issue. read more.. |
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| FORT LAUDERDALE, USA: A group of Caribbean post graduate students have launched an online website, that will give Caribbean schoolchildren access to more than 4,000 English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies practice questions. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Candidates’ performance in the January 2006 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations improved over that of 2005. read more.. |
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 As we celebrated the World Day of Prayer on March 3, 2006, we are left to take a close look at the theme “sign of the times.” Many recent events have occurred through our Caribbean society which may be heralds for things to come. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Syllabuses for a new programme leading to a Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) have been approved by the Sub-Committee of the Schools Examinations Committee (SUBSEC) of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). read more.. |
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| The Columbine High School shootings a few years ago in the United States created the kind of history no school or nation would like repeated. With the face of education across the Caribbean community taking a beating from a lack of resources. read more.. |
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 Across the Caribbean Community a number of schools are experiencing a rise in anti-social behavior which includes violence from fights, assaulting of teachers and vandalism. In one particularly distasteful recent incident, a student in an Antiguan school poured urine on a teacher. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Holding fast to “a distinction between ‘discrimination’ and ‘promotion’” Cayman Islands Education Minister, Alden McLaughlin, has said that as Minister, he would not sanction alternative lifestyles programmes being taught in local schools. Another issue raised was Cayman’s possible recognition of same sex unions. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: State Minister in Jamaica's Education, Youth and Culture Ministry, Senator Noel Monteith has said that the Ministry is aiming to provide 14,000 new school spaces by September 2007. read more.. |
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| In terms of per capita income ($55,398 in 2004), Connecticut is the richest state in the United States of America, ergo the world. The third smallest state, it has strong ties to the Caribbean. Connecticut has the third largest West Indian population in America. read more.. |
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