Director of the National Transformation Initiative (NTI), Dr Allyson Leacock, says some Barbadians, even those with university degrees, are having literacy challenges affecting their ability to complete online training courses. Speaking at the launch of the NTI Starr Hunt With BiP, at the NTI’s offices at ‘Alcott’, Worthing, Christ Church, yesterday, she said it was one of the major areas they were looking to address. “We have some gaps in …
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Tourism sector gets adjustment to BEST
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Some areas of concern within the $300 million dollar scheme put in place to help prop up the tourism sector over the next couple of years have finally been tweaked and approved.
This disclosure from Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) officials, who, while opting not to give specifics, said they were satisfied more of the organisation’s members will take advantage of the programme.
The Barbados Employment and Sustainable Transformation (BEST) programme, which was introduced in September last year, has two main components – training and retention of staff on 80 per cent of their salary, and a cap of up to $2 million for investment in upgrade of their facility.
Online initiative to enhance career opportunities
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Government has entered into a partnership with Coursera that is earmarked to bring significant benefits to Barbadians and enhance their digital competencies and expand career opportunities.
The partnership between Coursera, one of the world’s leading online learning platforms, and Government’s National Transformation Initiative (NTI), is designed to equip Barbadians with the knowledge, skills and values to be citizens of good character and competence in a digital world. The agreement was officially signed on February 28 and the technical integration activated on April 1.
Through the Commonwealth of Learning-Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative last year, in partnership with the Government, more than 5,600 Barbadian workers learned new skills, enrolling in 19,000 courses and completing 38,000 lessons.
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