Education
Primary schools which were open must now close their doors and revert to remote...
Cabinet Notes:
The Director of Education and the Chief Medical Officer were invited to Cabinet to discuss the policy affecting the opening of schools and...
Raven Joseph named The UWI Five Islands Top Matriculant
Raven Joseph is the 2021/2022 top matriculant for The UWI Five Islands Campus.
Ms. Joseph was recognised at the 2021 Matriculation Ceremony which was held...
Ministry begins training of substitute teachers
The Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries commenced a three-day Pre-Service Teacher Preparation Programme this morning with fifty prospective educators.
The men and women...
Indian High Commissioner pays courtesy visit to The UWI Five Islands
The University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus welcomed the Indian High Commissioner to Antigua and Barbuda, His Excellency, Dr. K.J. Srinivasa to its campus...
Teachers Union registers convincing vote against mandatory vaccination of members and students
The country's largest union, the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (ABUT), has voted against the Gaston Browne Administration’s imposition of a mandatory-vaccination policy...
St Mary’s South rolls out Online Classes Assistance Programme
The St Mary’s South Online Classes Assistance Programme started Monday with the supervision of tutors.
The programme provides internet service and/or computer devices to students...
Top Primary School Achievers receives Android Tablets from charity organisation
Four students who successfully completed their primary education have been awarded Android Tablets to assist them with their secondary schooling.
The quartet have been recognised...
2021 Azerbaijan Scholarship goes to Grantley Edwards
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce that Grantley Edwards has been selected as the 2021 Azerbaijan Scholarship recipient.
Born and raised in...
LISTEN: UPP promises to do more to educate supporters on COVID vaccine
The leader of United Progressive Party Harold Lovell says his party will embark on a public education campaign on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Lovell has been...
Kelsey Harris is Antigua and Barbuda’s Newest Commonwealth Scholar
Christ the King High School and Antigua State College graduate, Kelsey Harris joins Antigua and Barbuda’s small community of Commonwealth Scholars having been recently...
deFreitas has big plans for the “under funded and under utilized” public library (VIDEO)
United Progressive Party candidate Franz C. deFreitas has highlighted the need for there to be significant improvements to the operations of the National Public...
Support for struggling private schools hard hit by COVID-19 in Antigua & Barbuda
Education Minister Daryl Matthew says private schools in Antigua and Barbuda are struggling under the pressures of COVID-19.
He says a suite of measures have...
Education Officials Support COVID Vaccination for Children
Officials within the Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries are encouraging parents/guardian to inoculate their children with the COVID-19 vaccine approved for them.
The...