EduCaribbean Weekday
Edition 2021-03-22
EduCaribbean Weekday is a weekly PHC Education Newsletter published on Mondays which depicts current happenings in the Secondary and Tertiary Education Sectors within the Caribbean Islands, for educational institutions, practitioners, investors, suppliers and students alike.
UG partners with Google, CSOD to train 150 youths in Guyana
The University of Guyana, on Saturday, kicked off a 3-month long training programme specially designed for youths. Guyana’s national University partnered with the Caribbean School of Data (CSOD) to…
UG, NASA & SERVIR-Amazonia sign MoU to support research, geospatial skills to help Guyana manage climate risks
The University of Guyana (UG) will benefit from an inter-institutional collaboration that will strengthen the development of information services for mangrove mapping and monitoring via the signing…
There will be national manufacturing of laptops and tablets for education
Abinader described the matter as “something extraordinary since the free zone industries move to another level and will allow for good competition in terms of prices and quality.” SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The electronic devices needed to meet the requirements of Dominican education will be manufactured in the country thanks to the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the company Encore Repair Services on Tuesday. President Luis Abinader, who led the signing of the agreement, and Vice President Raquel Peña, said that the initiative contemplates the manufacture in the country of electronic tablets, laptops, and netbooks. “The important thing is that we have already reached a maintenance agreement so that if one of these tablets is damaged, there will be a place to repair them in the […]
Teachers jittery over remaining face-to-face classes
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Jasford Gabriel says many educators are uneasy over the face-to-face teaching arrangements for students preparing for external examinations as the island grapples with the COVID-19...
The Cuban teachers who put their all into educating Jamaica's young
THEY would rather engage their pupils and students face to face, but two Cuban teachers o...
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