Tag: Ministry of Education
Ministry engages Princess Margaret School staff following public concerns
Teachers and support staff at Princess Margaret Secondary School met with senior officials from the Ministry of Educational Transformation on Thursday, following the circulation...
Public schools to close for mid-term break on June 6
The Ministry of Educational Transformation has announced that all public schools will be closed on Friday, June 6, for the mid-term break.Schools are scheduled...
Dip in students taking 11-Plus
There has been a dip in the number of students due to sit this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE) compared to the...
Ministry probes allegation that principal cut child’s hair without permission
The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into a complaint made by the mother of a primary school student, who alleges that a...
Six schools hardest hit by teacher sickout
Six public schools were hardest hit by Thursday’s teacher sickout, according to Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw.Teachers responded to a call from the...
Union ready to act as ‘too many long-standing issues unresolved’
President of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), Rudy Lovell, has again raised alarm over what he described as the Ministry of Education’s failure...