Students flock to Agrofest as exhibition highlights innovation, enterprise Sheria Brathwaite27/02/2026046 views Thousands of visitors, including hundreds of eager schoolchildren, poured into Queen’s Park on Friday for the opening of Agrofest 2026, where a mix of livestock, produce, craft and regional collaboration… Read more
‘Reputation is wealth’: Norman Manley Law School’s mentorship initiative gets ringing endorsements Barbados Today24/02/20260138 views KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Monday, February 23, 2026 — It was a rare convergence of legal titans and the next generation of lawyers — an evening where the weight of legal tradition… Read more
New UWI unit to boost learning support for struggling students Lourianne Graham23/02/20260149 views Young people who struggle with learning and educational challenges now have a dedicated resource designed to support their development, as the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill launched… Read more
Back at education ministry, Blackman to press ahead with reforms Shamar Blunt17/02/2026096 views Minister of Education Transformation Chad Blackman on Monday vowed to fasttrack sweeping curriculum reforms and infrastructure overhauls for the new school year in September, declaring Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s reappointment… Read more
Flow empowers Welches Primary students with a Safer Internet Day session Barbados Today15/02/2026087 views A team from Flow paid a special visit to students at Welches Primary School last week, ahead of Safer Internet Day, to discuss safe and responsible internet use and reinforce… Read more
New institute, 100 acres for young farmers, says Mottley Sheria Brathwaite04/02/20260643 views School-leavers interested in agriculture are to have access to 100 acres of land under a new government initiative to boost food security and modernise farming, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced… Read more
St Ambrose Primary closed for pest treatment, industrial cleaning Barbados Today29/01/2026097 views St Ambrose Primary School was closed shortly after lunch on Thursday and will remain closed on Friday to allow for pest treatment and industrial cleaning after evidence of mice and… Read more
CXC: CTEC pilot programme oversubscribed Lourianne Graham08/01/20260174 views Registrar and CEO of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr Wayne Wesley has revealed that the Caribbean Targeted Education Certificate (CTEC) programme has received much more interest than expected. Speaking… Read more
Parents call for pause as CXC plans full digital rollout of exams Lourianne Graham08/01/20260108 views The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) plans to move all secondary school assessments online within the next five years, signalling a major shift in how exams are delivered across the region. … Read more
Students get hands-on with future tech at new sci-tech roadshow Shamar Blunt08/01/2026090 views Students at the Grantley Adams Memorial Secondary School got a glimpse of the technologies shaping tomorrow as the Ministry of Innovation, Industry, Science and Technology (MIST) and the Ministry of… Read more