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Caribbean Certificate will soon be offered at TVET institutions
Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET) institutes will soon be offering the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ) Certificate. This was disclosed by Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam during an interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA). Sam stated that, “Guyana has actually made a major milestone in relation to its approval it just received to actually award the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications. That,…
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The Rubik’s cube of the Caribbean public education system: Addressing the challenges of the public education system through combined action
The very good news for Caribbean education is that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has agreed that 2016 is the time to craft a Regional Strategic Action Plan that presents a harmonised approach to educational reform in CARICOM. The Human Resource Development Commission was launched recently with the main purpose of developing an Education…
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CXC to complete e-test phase in by 2018
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announced that it will be introducing electronic testing (e-testing) in January 2017 beginning with Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC) multiple choice (Paper 01) exams only. Then, by January 2018 cycle, all CXC examinations will be available electronically in all territories offering the exams. E-testing will allow students to take their CXC exams on a…
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CDB provides funds for major education project in Suriname
Suriname, Apr 13, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank is providing (US$21.9 million to Suriname to support the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country’s programme of reform to improve the quality of and expand access to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the lower secondary school level. The CDB said that through the Enhancement of Technical and Vocational Education…
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CXC launches gaming and animation syllabus at KingstOOn
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) launched its latest New Generation CAPE Animation and Game Design Syllabus on Saturday 12 March 2016 at the KingstOOn Festival in Jamaica. CAPE Animation and Game Design will be taught in schools from September 2016 and the first examination will be offered in May/June 2017. The new syllabus describes Animation and Game Design as “a…
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CDB launches education sector reform project in Belize
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Thursday launched a programme that will build 35 new schools, benefitting 5,300 students at the pre-primary, primary and secondary education levels in Belize. The Belize Education Sector Reform Programme focuses on providing children across the country with equitable access to a quality basic education, with a goal of increasing enrolment in post-secondary and tertiary education. It…
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Regional Spanish teachers training under CARICOM-Mexico Cooperation Programme
The teaching skills of 33 Spanish teachers from varying CARICOM Member States are expected to be strengthened with a training course that is being implemented by the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the government of Mexico. From December 7, two professors from the National Pedagogic University of Mexico, Professor Elin Emilsson and Dr. Victoria Villaseñor began delivering a two-week Spanish training course intended to provide the…
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CXC inaugurates new headquarters
The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) inaugurated its new headquarters in Barbados Wednesday with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Freundel Stuart saying it underscored the importance of the regional integration movement to Caribbean development. Stuart, the Prime Minister of Barbados, said that the CXC was the fourth regional institution established by regional countries soon after gaining political independence from Britain in…
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CDB provides grant funds to help University of Belize improve operations
CDB’s operations officer, education, Idamay Denny he government of Belize is continuing its focus on expanding access to quality tertiary education by looking at ways to improve operations at the University of Belize (UB). The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant of US$400,000 to the government of Belize to facilitate a comprehensive institutional assessment of UB, which will…
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Communique issued at The Conclusion of The Twenty-seventh Meeting of The Council For Human And Social Development (COHSOD) – (Education And Children) 16 – 17 July, Georgetown, Guyana
The Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on (Education and Children) was convened under the theme: Safeguarding our Region’s Future: Reshaping education for the Twenty-First Century” at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana on 16-17 July 2015. The meeting was chaired by the Hon. Shawn Richards, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth, Culture and…
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