WASHINGTON, DC - Twenty-five students of Jamaican heritage attending Howard University last Saturday were the recipients of scholarships valued at US $102,000 from the Jamaica Howard University Affinity Network (JHUAN). Each awardee received US $4,000 to assist in offsetting their tuition requirements.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali  says the poor performance of Caribbean students in mathematics is a matter of concern for regional leaders and that the matter needs to be fully ventilated.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Education Minister Dr. Geoffrey Hanley says the recently introduced Hair Guidelines policy to curb discrimination in schools in the twin island Federation, must be adhered to.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) says it has entered into a partnership with the Maritime Authority of Suriname (MAS) and Suriname Foundation for Logistics Training (FLT) to establish a campus there.

BELMOPAN, Belize –  Belize has signed a US$125 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement with the United States intended to achieve better outcomes in the country’s secondary education and technical and vocational education training (TVET) sector.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - School principals have been urged to allow students to wear light-colored long pants/tights and long-sleeved tops when classes resume early next month amidst the dengue outbreak in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has moved a step closer to establishing a law school here after the Council for Legal Education (CLE) appointed a high-level subcommittee “to move the process forward,” Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has announced.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Public school teachers on Friday resumed classes after two days of industrial action over outstanding pay.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Education and Youth Minister Fayval Williams, ahead of the start of the new school term next month, is reminding school principals that they should  not turn away students from  schools because of grooming issues.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Jamaica Howard University Affinity Network (JHUAN) announced the distribution of US $102,000 scholarships to twenty-five students of Jamaican heritage attending Howard University.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia government Wednesday said that a pilot program geared towards the teaching of the indigenous Kwéyòl language or Creole in schools will begin in 15 schools during the 2024/25 academic year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – In an urgent bid to protect the next generation from the dangers of gambling addiction, guidance counsellors across Jamaica are rallying behind a new initiative to introduce a dedicated subject on under-age gambling prevention into the national school curriculum. The effort is being spearheaded by Rise Life Management Services in collaboration with the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC).