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Child Care Board hosting symposium

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More than 50 stakeholders from the education sector, private and Government day nurseries as well as nursery and primary schools will gather for the Child Care Board’s Early Childhood Development Symposium next week.

It will be held at the Hugh Springer Auditorium, Barbados Workers’ Union headquarters, Solidarity House, Harmony Hall, St Michael, on Thursday and Friday.

It is being hosted by the Child Care Board, in collaboration with UNICEF, the Ministry of Education and Erdiston Teachers’ Training College under the theme Ready, Set, Go: The Future Is At Our Fingertips.

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey and Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training Kay McConney will deliver remarks.

The symposium forms part of the activities to mark Child Month, which is being held under the theme Our Children: Building Hope And Resilience For Tomorrow.  (PR)

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