Youth

Hands-on training and updated education approaches must be central to the national response to youth violence and delinquency, a senior education official suggested on Friday, warning that prevention rather than …

Every year as November rolls in, Barbados enters its familiar rhythm of blue and yellow. School children rehearse for Independence programmes, communities clean up their surroundings and the island gears …

Women’s advocate Melissa Savoury-Gittens has suggested that programmes in schools to build self-confidence and self-worth among girls and boys would also prevent abusive relationships and reduce gender-based violence. As the …

The Barbados National Energy Company Limited (BNECL) brought weeks of spirited competition to a close on Wednesday as the inaugural finals of its Energy Quiz were held at the company’s …

Students of Ellerton Primary School were encouraged to see themselves as future leaders during a spirited flag-raising ceremony held on Monday, on the school grounds in St George.   Youth …

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done ” – Proverbs 19:17   When I first stepped onto …

At the Barbados Sustainable Energy Youth Forum, held on Thursday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, students from schools across the island shared their responses to the question: “How can …

Students have been challenged to take the lead in the island’s drive towards sustainable energy, as they were urged to investigate, innovate and act on energy use at home and …

President of the Men’s Empowerment Network, Fabian Sargeant, has offered full support to Minister of Education Chad Blackman’s proposal requiring all secondary school students to join a community-based organisation, a …