BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it has entered into a partnership with the Jamaica-based technology company, TechBeach to expand access to the business curriculum for entrepreneurs and start-ups across the region.

COCONUT GROVE, Fla – The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Board of Directors has selected and awarded 16 graduating seniors attending high-school magnet programs in Miami-Dade County with a record $56,000 in scholarship funding.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus says that in keeping with a recommendation from the government of this twin island republic, tuition fees will not be increased in the semester that starts in September.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says that rising gang crime in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is limiting access to education and is preventing thousands of children from going to school. 

At the 2022 Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) Annual Summer Conference, School Board Vice Chair Dr. Steve Gallon III was the recipient of the FSBA 2022 President's Award for Unparalleled Leadership at the State and National levels. Dr. Gallon was recognized for his courage, leadership, and selflessness during politically divisive, and difficult times before, during, and since the pandemic.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is exploring opportunities for collaboration with tertiary institutions in the United States, particularly Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), to facilitate short-term study abroad.

WASHINGTON, DC – Four in five sixth-graders in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are expected to lack basic reading comprehension proficiency, according to a report issued Thursday by the World Bank and UNICEF, in collaboration with UNESCO.

EGEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Board of Executive Directors at the World Bank, has approved financing of US$44 million for the Guyana Strengthening Human Capital through Education Project. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United States Embassy in Barbados says the four islands which comprise Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean (PCEC) are abuzz with preparations to receive the first Volunteers since global operations were suspended two years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Seismic research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has won the 2022 Volcanic Surveillance and Crisis Management Award presented by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI).

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia-based Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission will on Friday launch the Digital Education Capacity-Strengthening Initiative (DECI), is a digital education program designed for the early grade education sector in the sub-regional grouping.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is now heading towards ensuring that only nutritious foods enter the school system, following the recent approval by the Cabinet of the National Nutrition Policy.