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From left: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, June Chandler; Chief Education Officer, Karen Best; Minister of Education, the Hon. Ronald Jones; and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Senator Harcourt Husbands, listen to the presentation on Project Schools during the launch of the Implementation of School Teacher Effectiveness Plans (STEP) in the primary schools on Monday.

Jones: Ensure exit point for male students is high

Wed, 10/11/2017 - 12:00am

Minister of Education, Ronald Jones, made an appeal to the leaders in the schools to ensure the exit point for male students is just as high as for females.

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FROM LEFT: Professor V Eudine Barriteau, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill; Akilah Jordan-Watson, First Year Student of the Faculty of Science and Technology at UWI and recipient of the Optimist International Scholarship; Senator, Dr. Carol Jacobs; Merlene Hercules, Secretary/Treasurer, Optimist International; and Dr. Colin Depradine, Dean, Faculty of Science & Technology, at yesterday’s Optimist International Prize Presentation Ceremony.

CRISIS LOOMING?

Wed, 10/11/2017 - 12:00am

“We appeal to NGOs and the private sector to help finance higher education for our students because the challenges of funding higher education has become quite acute, and in essence a crisis may we

Beware!

Wed, 10/11/2017 - 12:00am

Those selling vehicles and in the habit of parking them on the highways of this country in an effort to attract interest, will soon have to think twice about doing that.

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From left: President of the Caribbean Shipping Association and Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Port Inc., David Jean-Marie, looks on as Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Richard Sealy, accepts a token of appreciation from Vice President of CSA, Juan Carlos Croston.

TRENDING UP

Tue, 10/10/2017 - 12:00am

There has been an increase in the number of cruise vessels docking in the Bridgetown Port and this country is also set to welcome a record number of cruise passengers this year, over 100 000 more t

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