Education
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Investing in early childhood development essential to helping more children and communities thrive, reveals Lancet Series on ECD
An estimated 43 percent—249 million—of children under five in low-and middle-income countries are at an elevated risk of poor development due to extreme poverty and stunting, according to findings from The Lancet’s Series, Advancing Early Childhood Development: from Science to Scale. The Caribbean Regional Launch of the series took place immediately following the 32 Meeting of the Council for Human…
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CSME Education for 300 Secondary School Students in Clarendon, Jamaica
CSME Education for 300 Secondary School Students in Clarendon, Jamaica The CARICOM Secretariat is collaborating with the Jamaica Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade to educate students on regional integration and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). On Tuesday, March 14 approximately 300 students from secondary schools in the parish of Clarendon will gather at the Clarendon…
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Further UG, UWI collaboration – students to mix programmes between two institutions
University of Guyana (UG) students will benefit from a mixed programme through collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI). Vice Chancellor of UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles said UWI is already collaborating with UG on programmes in agriculture, fisheries, forestry, medicine and law among others, but there needs to be full mobility where students can mix their programmes…
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Caribbean Export Supports Literacy in Schools
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) distributed the first set of the books from its inaugural book drive during May 2014 with presentations to the students of the West Terrace and St. Stephen’s Primary Schools. During the first presentation at West Terrace, Ms. JoEllen Laryea Caribbean Export’s PR and Communications Advisor, stressed the importance of reading for the cultivation…
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Caribbean Classrooms of the Future Initiative Launched in Trinidad and Tobago with the OAS, Virtual Educa and the Private Sector
A series of technologically advanced classrooms, designed to benefit thousands of students and educators in schools across the Caribbean, is being launched following a commitment from international telecommunications company Samsung to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Virtual Educa. The initiative follows the lead taken by the government of Trinidad and Tobago and its Ministry of Education to establish…
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CARICOM Secretariat celebrates girls in ICT with interactive session, exhibit
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) An interactive session, hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat to commemorate Girls in ICT Day, opened this morning at the Secretariat’s headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. The Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan in her remarks to the gathering noted that observance of the day at the Secretariat showed continued solidarity with the…
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New School in Haiti to be named in honor of CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A new school which was built under the Medianet Haiti Relief Fund (TMHRF) is to be called the CARICOM Community School of Digue Matheux in honor of CARICOM’s solidarity with the project. Under the fund, fifteen houses were also handed over to beneficiaries. Assistant Secretary General in charge of Foreign and Community Relations Ambassador…
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CARICOM asks Council of Legal Education to take UG Law graduates
There appears to be a resolution towards the issue of accommodating Guyanese law students at the Hugh Wooding Law Faculty for the upcoming academic year, Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall said today. The AG was part of the Guyana delegation participating in the 25th Inter-Sessional CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines.…
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