EducationLocal NewsNews T&T students at Cave Hill plead for a response from authorities in Port of Spain by Marlon Madden 22/04/2020 written by Marlon Madden 5 min read 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 … Continue Reading 22/04/2020 1 comment FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal News eLearning begins at colleges, private schools by Barbados Today 22/04/2020 by Barbados Today 22/04/2020 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews New online teaching platform by Barbados Today 18/04/2020 by Barbados Today 18/04/2020 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews Still no word on resumption of classes, exams period by Emmanuel Joseph 17/04/2020 by Emmanuel Joseph 17/04/2020 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews Ex-principal, unveiling online tests, urges โ11-Plusโ go on by Anesta Henry 17/04/2020 by Anesta Henry 17/04/2020 Veteran educator Jeff Broomes is appealing to Government not to postpone this yearโs Barbados Secondary Schoolsโ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Detailing a project which would allow … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal News UWI researchers: Change behaviour, save lives by Barbados Today 07/04/2020 by Barbados Today 07/04/2020 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews Barbadian students opt to remain in Korea to continue studies by Barbados Today 20/03/2020 by Barbados Today 20/03/2020 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews Schools wonโt open again after all, after unions outcry by Barbados Today 19/03/2020 by Barbados Today 19/03/2020 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal News Classrooms to continue teachings by Sandy Deane 17/03/2020 by Sandy Deane 17/03/2020 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews Cave Hill classes as usual by Barbados Today 13/03/2020 by Barbados Today 13/03/2020 Eight hundred students demanding the immediate suspension of classes at the University of the West Indies have been turned down by management at the Cave Hill Campus despite fears of … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail