GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's government on Tuesday said with “immediate effect” it would stop the “deduction of union dues” for teachers as it continued to label a strike by them as illegal.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has formalized a significant partnership with the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU). This collaborative effort aims to enhance the skill levels of people working within the region’s dynamic tourism sector.
SANTIAGO, Chile – Education ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will meet on Thursday for a two-day conference that aims to advance in defining public policies focused on the reactivation, recovery, and transformation of education as accelerators of the educational goals of the 2030 Agenda.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Schools across the island are expected to conduct earthquake safety drills next Wednesday, January 17, which will be observed as Earthquake Awareness Day in Schools.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government says it will begin distributing GUY$4,500 in school supplies cash grants to students in schools across the island on Monday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government says approximately 50 institutions have been selected to participate in a pilot under the Digital Transformation for School Management Project, an initiative, which will be implemented on a phased basis and funded by a US$200,000 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) grant.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Academic and senior administrative staff at the Mona campus University of the West Indies (UWI) are planning to begin industrial action on Friday over demands for the payment of interim pay increases, while a compensation review takes place.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Discussions are underway to bring the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) School of Medicine to Guyana, President Irfaan Ali announced on Sunday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Education, Technological and Vocational Training Minister, Kay McConney, is expressing concern about the slow response by some tertiary students to the Barbados government’s “Give Back” program.
WASHINGTON, DC - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has called for more support for non-traditional high schools which are responsible for the education of hundreds of thousands of youths in the building of Jamaica.
SANTIAGO, Chile – Education ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) were ending a two-day meeting here on Friday amid concerns that the challenge for the region is for “girls, boys, and adolescents to return to school, to reengage with it, to see their classrooms as a transformative space”.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling for conflict management to be included on the curricula of all schools across Jamaica.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -Educators from the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are meeting here for a knowledge exchange program, hoping to gain an insight into the recently launched Education Management Information System (EMIS).
