Ever since Gutenberg’s Bible rolled off the press over five centuries ago, worried parents have lamented that their children don’t read enough. Today I visited one school where instead of just complaining about the problem, they’re actually doing something about it. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting These days it’s hard to pull the children away from the […]
This week, teachers across the country are being honoured for their invaluable contribution to education. Teachers will be involved in a number of activities that include tests of knowledge on specific subjects, exhibitions and a sports day. Education week was officially opened on Sunday by the President of the Belize National Teachers Union, John Pinelo. […]
With 5 Belize City schoolgirls murdered and the media full of missing persons reports, the need for social work among young people has never been greater. Today at one southside school ceremonies were held for two programs that have already made a difference. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Despite the heat of the day, the staff and […]
They come largely from Great Britain, with a few Belizeans thrown in for good measure. When they leave three months later it is usually with fond memories and real accomplishments. Today the volunteers from Raleigh were joined by villagers, students and a special guest from Belmopan. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning in the schoolyard of […]
It has become a traditional rite of passage for some of the nation’s brightest students. Today the pressure in the City Centre for the National Spelling Bee was as high as the temperature outside. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand to meet some of the coolest kids in Belize. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Belize […]
While the YWCA is this week heavily involved in putting the finishing touches on its “Miss Y” pageant Saturday at the City Centre, today it took time out to take pride in its considerable accomplishments in the field of education. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There was reason to celebrate at the YWCA preschool today. The pre-school, […]
It is sometimes called the forgotten district, but as improved infrastructure, transport and communications services bring Toledo closer to the rest of Belize, the media is paying more attention. This morning I made a quick trip south and with the help of the Belize Zoo discovered that Toledo is home to a growing number of […]
Distance learning in Belize is fast becoming the best alternative for those desiring to continue their education while keeping their jobs. That’s one of the reasons the branch of the University of the West Indies is popular in Belize. This week, board members of the university’s committee on distance learning education will be meeting in […]
In Belmopan today, the Prime Minister got a chance to do some manual labor. The occasion was the groundbreaking for a new school building being built for the expansion of Our Lady of Guadelupe Roman Catholic School. As he addressed the gathering, Musa endorsed the church state system saying he was committed to instilling a […]
Some Belize City secondary schools today beefed up their technological capabilities courtesy of the Janus Foundation. The international charitable organization, based in Germany and Switzerland, donated twenty computers and printers to the government which in turn allocated them to St. Catherine’s, St. John’s, Palloti, Wesley, Gwen Liz, E.P. Yorke, Excelsior, A.C.C. and C.E.T. The donation […]
If you accept the proposition that “a school is a building with the future inside” then the biggest single influence on that future is the quality of our teachers. Today the body that represents the bulk of Belize’s educators met at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Approximately 600 teachers from across the country […]
For many Belizeans who were not cycling, swimming or enjoying liquid refreshment, the long holiday weekend was a chance to just rest in a hammock and curl up with a good book. But to a surprising number of our people the idea of reading a novel–or even a newspaper–is not a viable option. The nation […]
It’s a working farm on the edge of the Mountain Pine Ridge that runs a unique program for vocational education and environmental consciousness. Today over a hundred scouts from all over the country got the chance to visit the Janus Foundation’s project site and get a hands on feel for what it’s all about. Gabrielle […]
The finalists from all 6 districts have now been selected and 12 proud but nervous primary school students are studying hard, some quite literally burning the midnight oil. The big event of course is the National Spelling Bee. Just so you’ll know whom to root for we’ll give you the winners of the district championships […]
St. John’s College will soon be welcoming a new headmaster to its campus. He is Jose Antonio Vega. 40-year-old Vega, more properly Dr. Vega, holds masters and doctoral degrees in educational administration from St. Louis University in the U.S.A. Born in Orange Walk Town, he previously taught at Muffles High School as well as SJC […]
In the waters off Belize City today there was good news and bad news. The good news is that a group of fourteen students from Belize Elementary, winners of a contest, were taken on a trip to see Belize’s manatees in the wild. The bad news is that the boat carrying six of the students–and […]
There are open days and then there are open days. Today’s open day at the Agriculture and Natural Resource Institute for southern Belize (ANRI), formerly known as Lynam, was more of an eye opener than it was an attempt to enroll students at the school. When News Five visited the agriculture school in December, students […]
In the typical Belizean classroom, there can be as many as forty or more students to one teacher. Getting all of them to behave and pay attention at the same time might seem like mission impossible. But are the “trouble makers” acting out of mischief or do some students have a real problem understanding what […]
You may not have been aware of it, but the nation’s tiny tots spent the entire month of March doing fun, educational activities to help spark their mental and physical development. News Five was there when the city’s various preschoolers joined hands to celebrate early childhood education. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Hundreds of preschoolers paraded from […]
The adults in the industry may have been promoting tourism awareness last week, but today some Belize City primary school students explored the topic in their open day. It wasn’t the only item on the agenda, which impressed the parents as well as fellow classmates. News Five was invited to view the display. Jacqueline Woods, […]
The traffic was redirected on Freetown Road today while the National Fire Service conducted another of its monthly simulations. But this time, the exercise incorporated the new school fire safety program by using Bethel Primary School as the test site. The drill even included two instances of children trapped in the building and a rescue […]
Creating a sustainable industry was also part of a workshop in fly fishing techniques in Rancho Dolores and St. Paul’s Bank in the Belize River Valley last week. The training is to help those communities take advantage of opportunities in the tourism industry. It included sessions on techniques as well as guiding skills and was […]
The Belize Council for the Visually Impaired has acquired a relatively recent computer program that helps blind students become computer literate. They don’t have to see the screen because a voice reads everything out loud for them, including all the computer’s own commands. The Belize Bank has provided a new computer for the program and […]
The Regional Language Center was inaugurated on Monday at the UCB Belmopan campus. The idea for the center was first suggested by Prime Minister Said Musa in the early 1990’s when he attended a regional meeting in Honduras as Belize’s Foreign Minister. He revived the concept at the beginning of his current term. The Prime […]
There are open days and there are open days. Today was the day Saint John’s College’s students did their best to impress their teachers, parents and potential future students. Presentation subjects ranged from biology to business to a bike that rides on water. The students say being teachers for a day made them a little […]
