EduCaribbean Weekend
Edition 2021-01-28
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EduCaribbean Weekend is a weekly #PHC #Education #Newsletter published on Thursdays which depicts current happenings in the Secondary and Tertiary Education Sectors within the Caribbean Islands, for educational institutions, practitioners, investors, suppliers and students alike.
Haiti: Poor Neighborhoods' Schools Close Due to Violence
Children are joining armed groups and are committing banditry due to lack of access to education.
Public school pupils back in classroom today
Public school pupils will return to the classroom today after last term ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In-class learning resumes today after the new term started on January 5 with r...
HUGE GAP TO BRIDGE - Headmaster estimates it will take years to recover from COVID learning loss
At least one high school principal has asserted that the lack of face-to-face engagement and limited cognitive stimulation have accounted for significant learning loss among students. Principal of Cumberland High School in St Catherine, Darien...
Med student to get additional scholarship retroactively
A second-year medical student at UWI, St Augustine will receive a national scholarship more than a year after he graduated from secondary school. Justice Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell on Wednesday quashed the Education Ministry’s decision to retroactively impose new criteria for awarding national scholarships for CAPE by implementing a 2018 memorandum. The order was granted after the … Continue reading Med student to get retroactive additional schol
UWI Mona cuts $1 billion in scholarships amid COVID crunch
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona has cut $1 billion in scholarships this year as it grapples with the financial fallout caused by COVID-19. Pro-vice chancellor and principal Professor Dale Webber says the development is likely to...
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