UWI looking to September restart Barbados Today23/06/20200278 views Administrators at the University of the West Indies’ Cave Hill Campus are eyeing a return to physical classes instead of online learning at the start of the upcoming academic year,… Read more
Back to studies – with a difference Barbados Today09/06/20200349 views For the first time in almost three months, secondary schools across the country reopened for face-to-face instruction as students prepare to take the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean… Read more
Health and safety committees to be set up at schools Barbados Today06/06/20200315 views After a week of dialogue on the proposed resumption of school, teachers appear satisfied with a slew of protocols implemented to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as they return to… Read more
Flow enhances internet for teachers Barbados Today30/05/20200330 views In its commitment to keep the country connected, Flow Barbados has collaborated with the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) to boost the broadband experience of teachers who are Flow customers… Read more
Broomes hails 11-plus go-ahead Anesta Henry23/05/20200279 views Veteran educator Jeff Broomes has backed Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw’s greenlight of the common entrance exam, despite Government’s plans to scrap the test. The ‘Eleven-plus’ is to be held… Read more
No firm agreement on schools’ re-opening Emmanuel Joseph19/05/20201314 views There still has been no final agreement on a number of teachers’ concerns regarding this island’s first online school term.Furthermore, the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) has said the conditions… Read more
July 14 is the new date for BSEE Anesta Henry16/05/20200287 views A new date has been set for over 3 300 Class 4 students to sit the 2020 edition of the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSEE). Minister of Education Santia… Read more
6,500 students in need of electronic devices for online learning Barbados Today16/05/20202467 views Government has identified more than 6,000 students in needs of electronic devices, as it prepares to transition from classroom teaching to an online environment in the era of COVID-19. This… Read more
Exam question Emmanuel Joseph15/05/20200400 views Government is set to address issues related to the Common Entrance Examination when senior ministry officials meet tomorrow with teachers’ representatives. President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) Mary… Read more
We ‘dropped the ball’ on eLearning Barbados Today13/05/20202553 views The country has failed to capitalise on the opportunity presented 25 years ago to make a significant change to teaching methods, a retired principal has said. Jeff Broomes, the former… Read more