EducationLocal NewsNews 6,500 students in need of electronic devices for online learning by Barbados Today 16/05/2020 written by Barbados Today 2 min read 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 … Continue Reading 16/05/2020 2 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews Exam question by Emmanuel Joseph 15/05/2020 by Emmanuel Joseph 15/05/2020 Government is set to address issues related to the Common Entrance Examination when senior ministry officials meet tomorrow with teachersโ representatives. President of the Barbados Secondary Teachersโ Union (BSTU) Mary … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal News We โdropped the ballโ on eLearning by Barbados Today 13/05/2020 by Barbados Today 13/05/2020 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews CXC Regional Examinations to be held in July 2020 by Barbados Today 09/05/2020 by Barbados Today 09/05/2020 CSEC, CAPE and CCSLC students will be sitting their examinations in July this year. That was the decision coming out of the First Emergency Virtual Meeting of the Council for … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews No easy sailing for online classes by Emmanuel Joseph 05/05/2020 by Emmanuel Joseph 05/05/2020 The union representing Government-paid primary school teachers is protesting a new directive from the Ministry of Education regarding the administration of on-line classes which got underway across the island this … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews Distribution of tablets – Google G Suite Tech Drive for Education Project by Barbados Today 02/05/2020 by Barbados Today 02/05/2020 The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) is aware of WhatsApp messages in circulation about the collection and distribution of devices for students enrolled in the Google G … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews Digicel provides free access to Govtโs eLearning platforms by Barbados Today 01/05/2020 by Barbados Today 01/05/2020 Digicel provides free access for 35,000 students and 2,600 teachers to the Government of Barbadosโ suite of eLearning platforms In keeping with its pledge to keep everyone connected during Barbadosโ … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews โNew term…โ by Barbados Today 30/04/2020 by Barbados Today 30/04/2020 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 Educationโs Google-driven eLearning … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EducationLocal NewsNews T&T students at Cave Hill plead for a response from authorities in Port of Spain by Marlon Madden 22/04/2020 by Marlon Madden 22/04/2020 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 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
