‘New term…’ Barbados Today30/04/20200493 views The new school term is to get underway next Monday – without students in their classrooms. They are to receive their tutoring online using the Ministry of Education’s Google-driven eLearning… Read more
T&T students at Cave Hill plead for a response from authorities in Port of Spain Marlon Madden22/04/20201267 views More than a dozen Trinidad and Tobago nationals who are studying at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus are today expressing concern that their cries for… Read more
eLearning begins at colleges, private schools Barbados Today22/04/20200270 views Online teaching is underway at all tertiary institutions and most private schools, the Ministry of Education has declared, even as it is yet to declare if and when the third… Read more
New online teaching platform Barbados Today18/04/20200571 views The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training launched its new online teaching platform, GSuite for Education, across the public school system this week. This is to facilitate e-learning while… Read more
Still no word on resumption of classes, exams period Emmanuel Joseph17/04/20200265 views Teachers in the public service in Barbados still do not know when the next school term will begin. But while informed sources told Barbados TODAY this afternoon that a meeting… Read more
Ex-principal, unveiling online tests, urges ‘11-Plus’ go on Anesta Henry17/04/20200380 views Veteran educator Jeff Broomes is appealing to Government not to postpone this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Detailing a project which would allow… Read more
UWI researchers: Change behaviour, save lives Barbados Today07/04/20200284 views Barbadians need to change their behaviour while testing and surveillance must intensify if the spread of COVID-19 is to be halted, researchers at the University of the West Indies have… Read more
Barbadian students opt to remain in Korea to continue studies Barbados Today20/03/20202294 views Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, two Barbadian students have opted to remain more than 9,000 miles away in one of the global epicenters of the disease, as dozens others are packing… Read more
Schools won’t open again after all, after unions outcry Barbados Today19/03/202010502 views In a late-night dramatic about-turn, Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw has declared an early end to the current Hilary Term. Earlier, during an an online consultation on COVID-19, organized by… Read more
Classrooms to continue teachings Sandy Deane17/03/20201250 views There will be no premature closure of schools in Barbados, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said this evening as she addressed the matter during an interview on CBC television. Such… Read more