The Department of the Environment is encouraging students to think green with two competitions for primary and high schoolers. Primary schools are being invited to submit proposals on an environmentally-friendly project they want to implement in their school. Interested institutions are required to submit a proposal detailing what the project is about, how they came […]
UNICEF and the Ministry of Education embarked on a unique project to establish intercultural bilingual education institutions in Belize several years ago. The schools, located in Dangriga, Aguacate, and San Jose in the Toledo District offer children the opportunity to learn in their first languages of Garifuna, and Mopan and Ketchi Maya; thereby contributing to […]
Pitts said the commission was targeting marginalized youths and she hoped some of them would share their problems with the panel. Some of those same youths that Pitts spoke of were already at the House of Culture with the Conscious Youth Development Program. Minister of National Security Carlos Perdomo was handing out eighty scholarships to […]
They got a hero’s welcome today. Four students who represented Belize at the Nutrition competition in St. Kitts and Nevis landed at the Phillip Goldson International Airport this afternoon. On hand to receive them were classmates, friends and representatives from the Ministries of Health and Education and ADM Belize Mills. This is the first time […]
There has been a positive change of heart by G.O.B. The Ministry of Education today announces that it will be picking up the tab for previously announced increase in fees for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations. Parents had complained to the ministry that the hike for the May to June 2009 exams would have […]
Any educator will tell you that learning theory is only one aspect of education… the other is application. Today students enrolled in the business and tourism programme at the University of Belize showcased their ability to apply their marketing knowledge in the real world. News Five stopped by the business campus to check it out. […]
Belize topped the Caribbean in a nutrition competition. Four students representing Belize earned first place in the competition of the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute. The team competed against thirteen countries and on November twenty-fourth Belize faced and beat Antigua and Barbuda in the final showdown. The four students representing the country at the competition […]
It’s that time of the year when students from secondary and tertiary level schools are recognized for their performance in the Caribbean Advance Proficiency and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations. And this year the national top scorers hail from St John’s. The Belize CXC National Committee today held the National Award Ceremonies at the Bliss […]
The results of the exams, however, show a mixed bag. While results indicated performance increases in passes in sixteen of the thirty-three subject areas, English showed a decrease by twenty-two percent and Mathematics increased by eleven point six percent. Chairman of the CXC National Committee, Alan Genitty says that this will give the Ministry a […]
In other news, the Ministry of Education has finally released the names of Belize’s top students in the C.A.P.E. and C.X.C. examinations. Topping the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations with six grade one passes is Ian Lizarraga, earning the S.J.C. student title of the Most Outstanding Candidate and the Belize Scholarship for 2008. Lizarraga also took […]
The Anglican Cathedral College emerged from an amalgamation of St Michael’s and St Hilda’s high schools back in 1982. And many leaders have passed through its doors including present and former prime ministers: Dean Barrow and Said Musa. There are other personalities such as Attorney Dickie Bradley who is a graduate of St. Michael’s and […]
Also relating to the flooding, the Ministry of Education has announced that classes will now continue to December nineteenth to make up time lost when schools closed due to the high water levels. Classes were suspended in areas affected by the flooding throughout the Stann Creek, Cayo, Orange Walk and Belize Districts. Most re-opened by […]
Zion Parks Methodist School and Tubal Trade and Vocational Institute are the latest educational institutions to receive musical instruments. The donation of two keyboards and ten guitars came courtesy of the National Institute of Culture and History through the Expressive Arts in Schools program. The instruments were handed over this morning at the Bliss by […]
On Tuesday we told you about four students who were preparing to compete in the Caribbean Regional Nutrition Quiz Competition. Tonight we are happy to report that at the end of round three Belize is ‘numero uno’. Beating out thirteen other countries, the Belizean delegation now prepares to head to St. Kitts on November twenty-fourth […]
The rains and the floods over the past week have been disrupting daily routines around the country, and schools have not been spared. The Ministry of Education has issued an advisory in respect of schedules for the remainder of the week. In the Corozal District there will be no classes. Classes will resume in the […]
Due to the flooding, primary and secondary schools in Cayo, Belize, Corozal and Orange Walk were closed today, but if you are wondering what’s the deal for Wednesday, listen up. A release this evening from the Ministry of Education states that in Corozal Town classes resume as normal, while in the rural areas schools will […]
There’s other news to report tonight and on Wednesday four Belizeans go head to head with the top students from the region in the Caribbean Regional Nutrition Quiz. They represent the top three schools that participated in the national ADM Belize Mills Secondary School Nutrition Quiz Competition held in March of this year. The quiz […]
Tropical Storm Arthur hit southern Belize on June first, precisely on the day the hurricane season opened. Communities in the area are still recovering from the devastating effects of the storm and yesterday the children of Hope Creek received school bags courtesy of the U.S. government. The bags were handed over to the kids through […]
Fifteen students, primarily from the Belize and Stann Creek Districts, today received scholarships from the Department of the Environment to take up technical training in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. The courses are being offered at the I.T. VET Centres in the Belize and Orange Walk Districts with the support of the D.O.E. as the focal […]
It is usual that you hear of degrees in Business and Social Sciences, Arts and Education and Sciences as the programmes that are offered by the University of Belize. But due to a growing interest for studies in Agriculture, the University of Belize took a bold step and introduced a new programme to satisfy this […]
Zee Edgell is one of Belize’s most successful writers, having gained international recognition with her first novel Beka Lamb. And this October, Edgell’s third book, the Festival of San Joaquin will be re-launched. The book was first published eleven years ago and tells the story of a Belizean woman convicted of manslaughter. According to Edgell, […]
Cubola productions is known for a long list of local publications and today the publishing company released a new series of books for social studies and literature, targeting primary and high school students. The new books released are volumes one and two of ‘The Alchemy of Words: An Anthology of Belizean Literature for Secondary Schools […]
Last Tuesday the Belize National Teachers Union was seeing red over the transfers of teachers, primarily in the Orange Walk District, and the re-nomination of Government Secondary school boards. Since then, the B.N.T.U. has been meeting with its members and Ministry of Education officials to get the matter cleared up… and today in Belize City […]
It’s been a week of much generosity for various schools throughout the country that have been receiving donations from non-governmental organisations such as WISH, UNICEF and Dynamic Auto Club. And this morning, one thousand exercise books were donated to less privileged kids by the Lifeline Foundation that is targeting three schools in the Belize District. […]
Yesterday, the WISH foundation handed out school supplies and today the spirit of giving extended to another generous donor organization. The donations aren’t coming from the typical NGO but from a group that is normally cruising the highways of the country. This evening at the Karl H. Menzies parking lot, the members of the Dynamiq […]
