Some teachers at Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary are concerned with the lack of school monitors at the various satellite locations and are calling on education officials to urgently rectify the situation. The school monitors, allocated by the Ministry of Education, were put in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. They assist with sanitisation at the gates, bathrooms, lunch lines, and at the taps. Classes split in four Since refurbishment …
The Barbados Boy Scouts Association needs volunteers and contributions to help them continue to stay afloat.
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and organizations across the world have been forced to adapt and change the way they operate on a day-to-day basis, and for the Barbados Boy Scouts Association, it s no different.
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Drastically changing their program to a more virtual one met the social distancing criteria, but it has shown up this new deficiency.
According to Chief Commissioner Trevor Jones, who delivered a speech at the Association s virtual 109th Anniversary Founder s Day Service in March, more manpower and donations are needed now.
Newly appointed CARICOM Youth Ambassadors, Java Sealy (left) and Meghan Theobalds (right)
Barbados has two new CARICOM Youth Ambassadors – Meghan Theobalds and Java Sealy – who will serve for the period February 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022.
As part of their duties, Ambassadors Theobalds and Sealy will engage in advocacy, outreach and peer-to-peer education locally, with support from the Division of Youth Affairs (DYA).
They will also be contributing to technical and policymaking meetings convened by CARICOM organs and institutions and partner agencies.
Theobalds holds a Bachelor’s in Management and Organisational Studies and is currently pursuing a Masters in (Regional) Integration Studies at the University of the West Indies.