KINGSTON, Jamaica – Eleven Caribbean students pursuing  undergraduate and post graduate studies in areas related to comprehensive disaster risk management (CDRM) have recently received scholarships from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) segregated portfolio company (SPC).

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$44 million program to improve basic education attainment in Haiti.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew Friday urged the Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) that it really changes to a greater extent the educational system that would respond to the Caribbean needs and the Caribbean people.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Tuesday described academic, Professor Kenneth Julien, as an “outstanding son of the soil and revered national icon, a patriot” after the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) named its administrative building after the 91-year-old.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank have announced a set of coordinated actions to accelerate learning by enhancing the digital transformation of education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr Irfaan Ali says the government and Salvation Army will collaborate to provide students with special counseling sessions, this is in response to behavioral issues in several schools. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$90 million loan to contribute to human capital development in Guyana.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) say a 17-member delegation, including education ministers and senior education stakeholders from the sub-region has ended a two-week study tour of Germany and the Netherlands.

Florida’s medical marijuana law includes an exception to the ban of cannabis on school grounds. State Statute 1006.062 requires each district to adopt a policy and a procedure that allows a student who is a qualified patient with a medical marijuana card to use the product on campus.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Temporary teachers are to begin receiving outstanding salaries on Tuesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cuba is offering to supply teachers to Jamaica as the country’s education system is being rocked with resignations.

ROSEAU, Dominica - Dominica’s Prime MInister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday expressed his country’s “profound gratitude to the People’s Republic of China” after Bejing agreed to fund the construction of six schools here totaling US$30 million.