Education

Parents were called to collect their children from Hilda Skeene Primary in St Philip on Tuesday after the school was closed early due to environmental issues — including reports of …

Growing numbers of people are turning to private examination entries in English and Mathematics, a trend education officials said reflects shifting patterns of independent learning and private tuition as the …

Two of the island’s largest unions have endorsed the Ministry of Education Transformation’s introduction of free breakfast for all primary school pupils from September but criticised the department for failing …

In a historic move for the nation’s education system, all primary school children will have access to free breakfast before the start of the school day from September 2026, Minister …

Snack and drink vendors – who have long found themselves on the fringe of the national school nutrition policy as they ply their trade beyond the school gate – are …

In a landmark education milestone, every three- and four-year-old in Barbados will have a guaranteed nursery place from September, under a nationwide rollout announced by the Ministry of Education Transformation. …

Education critics raised the alarm over a school system they say is failing at its foundation, leaving students trapped in a cycle of repeated suspensions, behavioural struggles, and academic overload. …

Education is set to receive almost $290 million in the government’s budget to drive the government’s education reform agenda including plans to modernise schools for digital and physical learning, strengthen …

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 …