St Lucia to host education workshop
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By Anselma AimableCaribbean Net News St Lucia CorrespondentEmail: anselma@caribbeannetnews.com
CASTRIES, St Lucia: After a series of successful consultations island-wide, RISE (Respect Initiative Social Health Education) Inc will be hosting a two-day conference on February 26 and 27, 2008 in St Lucia. The purpose of the workshop is to finalise the proposal to the government of St [...]
Commentary A Caribbean daughter in the finals of American Idol
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By Jean H Charles American Idol might be one of the most successful TV programs in the world. The Prime Minister of Great Britain openly insinuates that he draws his inspiration from the program in drafting the British economic plan for unleashing the creativity of the Britons. Simon Cowell, the British producer, might have stroke [...]
Dominica to launch new teacher training project
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ROSEAU, Dominica: Hundreds of primary school children in Dominica are set to benefit from the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding last week between the Caribbean Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training (C-CETT) and DHL. The Caribbean Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training (C-CETT) project is an initiative of United States President, George W. Bush [...]
UNESCO official sees Cuban University system as a model
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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Cuban universities are a model for developing nations, said Georges Haddad, director of UNESCO’s Higher Education Division, as he attended an international congress on higher education underway in the Cuban capital.
Haddad is one of those taking part in %26quot;University 2008,%26quot; the sixth international conference on education, which has brought together more [...]
There is a revolution in education in Dominica says PM
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ROSEAU, Dominica: There is a revolution now taking place in the education sector in Dominica. Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit made the announcement at the twenty-fourth inaugural meeting of the Vieille Case Village Council recently. In his address the Prime Minister impressed upon the parents in the community the importance of having education as a major [...]
OAS and UWI sign Memorandum of Understanding for course on democracy
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By Stephen Cummings Caribbean Net News Trinidad and Tobago CorrespondentEmail: stephen@caribbeannetnews.com PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus in Trinidad (UWI) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of a course promoting democratic values and practices. The MoU between UWI and the [...]
US ambassador pledges to continue literacy programme in Bahamas
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NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS): US Ambassador to The Bahamas Ned Siegel has pledged to continue the literacy programme in the schools that was started by his predecessor John Rood. Siegel told the Minister of Lands and Local Government, Sidney Collie during a courtesy call on Wednesday, that the US Embassy also plans on taking the programme [...]
OAS and UWI Open Campus sign memorandum for distance learning
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WASHINGTON, USA: The Organization of American States (OAS) and the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help educators in the English-speaking Caribbean to promote democratic values and practices in their classrooms, schools and communities. Under the agreement — signed concurrently at the OAS in Washington DC [...]
Caribbean dance icon establishes academy in St Lucia
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By Anselma AimableCaribbean Net News St Lucia CorrespondentEmail: anselma@caribbeannetnews.com
CASTRIES, St Lucia: Well-known, St Lucian and Caribbean dance icon, Christine Angela Samuel, has finally seen her life-long dream materialise, that is the establishment of a permanent home for the Christylights Dancers. The dance troupe that was established in 1989, had been operating from temporary premises, but [...]
Commentary Why Johnny can read in the Caribbean but cant in the United States
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By Jean H Charles The United States might be spending per capita, for the primary and secondary education of its pupils, more than any other country in the world, yet the result is less than satisfactory. The youngsters, who come from Jamaica, Barbados or, as matter of fact, Haiti, will climb very soon to the [...]
