HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda is set to close eight of its government-run primary schools as part of a major overhaul of the public school system because of dwindling enrolment numbers.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) has warned the government that it will not give it a clean slate ahead of the re-opening of schools in September in light of the ongoing concerns regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The World Bank has approved a US$6.7 million grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for the Guyana Education Sector Program Project that is aimed at improving learning in nursery schools, increase technology use in primary schools, and improve functionality of the national education management information system.

Massachusetts, The Authentic Caribbean Foundation (ACF) will be offering neuro-divergent training this summer to Caribbean educators who work with the Disability community. The program is the result of a partnership between ACF and Lesley University Caribbean Institute, Teaching for Neurodiversity and is geared at addressing the educational needs of neuro-divergent children diagnosed along the spectrum of Autism, ADHD, and Dyslexia.   This major initiative will be offered in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, July 26; The Bahamas, August 2; Jamaica, August 9 and Saint Kitts and Nevis August 16. Saint Lucia completed its training on July 12.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has historically received large numbers of foreign-born students during periods of unrest or when natural disasters impact areas in Latin America and the Caribbean.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic the recent eruption of the La Soufriere volcano on the island’s education system, will only be felt in ten years.

MIAMI, Florida, – Miami Norland Senior High School has been chosen as a recipient of the 2021 High School Initiative, an athletic training donation program sponsored by a partnership between Medco Sports Medicine (Medco), the leading supplier of athletic training and sports medicine products; Cramer Sports Medicine (Cramer), a leading manufacturer of sports medicine products; and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), representing the athletic trainers of the National Football League (NFL).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has announced a ‘Recover Smarter-National School Learning and Intervention Plan’ aimed at helping students to recover from learning loss due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The school year is over, and students and teachers are on summer recess. But while school facilities are closed, many School Resource Officers (SROs) are still hard at work.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The University of the West Indies (UWI) says it has no intention to increase tuition fees as it announced new initiatives to fund the operations of the region’s main tertiary institution.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) crystallizing these three major threads of collaboration in education, trade policy and in youth development.

MIAMI  — Philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott and husband Dan Jewett have announced a $40 million gift to FIU. The gift is unrestricted and will be used to support student success programs.