BASSETERRE, ST. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrence Drew Thursday launched the “Graduate Finance Project” allowing for a significant reduction in the interest rates for students loans, saying that the initiative is vital to ensure that “meaningful change and development is fostered in education within the twin island Federation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has renamed a primary school in honor of Shirley Anita Chisholm, the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress in 1968.

LONDON, UK – The London School of Economics (LSE) has renamed its Economics building after St. Lucian Nobel Laureate, Sir William Arthur Lewis, the LSE’s first black academic and the United Kingdom’s first black professor.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Caribbean universities from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, with faculties responsible for agriculture and or food, have agreed to partner with CARICOM to support reductions in the region’s food import bill by 25 percent by 2025.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government is providing J$200 million towards the establishment of a Fiscal Research Institute within the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies (UWI).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The University of the West Indies (UWI) says as an activist institution, it will continue its championing of reparatory justice and the advocacy, consciousness-raising and support for the CARICOM Reparations Commission’s Ten Point Plan.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Industrial action taken by staff at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) over lack of pay increases is set to intensify, the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) has warned.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – There is a call for greater collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Youth and Jamaicans locally and in the diaspora, to tackle the culture of violent confrontations among students in schools.

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis - Thirteen students from each of the eight (8) public schools on the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, were recipients of the Susanna Lee High School Scholarship on Thursday 23rd February 2023.

WASHINGTON DC - The Washington based David Wagga Hunt Scholarship Foundation received a boost on Saturday Night when the annual fundraising gala reported an initial intake of just over US sixty-five thousand dollars.

Recently, a big reveal took place at Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School in Riviera Beach, FL as they celebrated a $50,000 Classroom Makeover, thanks to a generous grant from Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and its charitable arm, the NextEra Energy Foundation. FPL has been recognized by the School District of Palm Beach County and the Florida Commissioner of Education for its critical role in supporting our schools and students.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced first-ever awards, totaling over $18 million, for the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program grants to increase high-quality teacher preparation programs for teachers of color, strengthen the diversity of our teacher pipeline, and address teacher shortages.