In other education news, a new deaf education unit was inaugurated today at Stella Maris School. The facility, which consists of three classrooms, will accommodate 34 students who were attending the Belize School for the Deaf. Last month the government withdrew its financial support amounting to forty-two thousand dollars per year from the school saying […]
The Belize branch of the Belize National Teacher’s Union is celebrating Education Week with a number of activities. Today the children got a chance to participate in an elocution contest at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. News Five was there. Child #1 “I am a serious child with serious goals. My life is destined to […]
With the end of the school year just around the corner, students at the nation’s secondary and primary schools are anxious for vacation, but also proud to be completing another year. To boost their confidence and give them some positive reinforcement many schools showcase their achievements at an annual open day. Today it was S.C.A. […]
The Youth Enhancement Services received a donation for their catering program from the Janus Foundation. The gift of almost fifteen thousand dollars was handed over by Janus President Gabrielle Wollensack to the Minister of Human Development, Women and Youth Dolores Balderamos Garcia today at Y.E.S. in Ladyville. The funds are to assist the students complete […]
It’s a lofty goal: provide everyone in the community access to a computer and bring the town into the computer age. On Tuesday Orange Walk was one step closer to achieving this dream with the inauguration of an Information Technology Center. The center, which was the idea of the P.U.P. Central Executive Committee in Orange […]
We’re always hearing that Belize needs more vocational education programs, but if you thought this could only be achieved at a facility like the Center for Employment Training, think again. The residents of the Princess Royal Youth Hostel will be embarking on some training and when they are through, you may very well find some […]
Since training abroad is so costly and only a few people at a time usually get to go, the British High Commission brought the trainer to Belize. Over the past two weeks practicing journalists were given a crash course in everything from basic storywriting to covering press conferences more effectively. Instructor Mike Unger has conducted […]
There are open days and then there are open days. Today News Five visited Wesley College to sample what the students have been up to. Not only did we find the usual display booths, but the Spanish class displayed its initiative with a unique demonstration. Whatever the nature of their open day project, the students […]
Can you spell “ricochet”? Well, one young lady from San Pedro showed she can spell it, plus a whole lot of other words and walked away this year’s Coca-Cola Spelling Bee champ. And if you weren’t able to be at the City Center this morning for the big event, don’t worry Channel Five will be […]
The school is only thirteen years old, but students are worried about its future. Not because it is in financial trouble, but because the government wants the University College of Belize to be absorbed into a national institution. But while the government committee consults and formulates its plans, the students are also consulting — with […]
U.C.B. students are not the only ones wondering about their future. Today the Ministry of Education announced that they are withdrawing their financial support amounting to some forty two thousand dollars a year from the Belize School of the Deaf and closing the school. The Ministry says they will be integrating all of the students […]
Four years ago the Pete Lizarraga Preschool in San Estevan Village in the Orange Walk District sent home its staff and students and closed its doors due to budgetary constraints. Today, the school was officially reopened with an enrollment of thirty-five children and two teachers. The curriculum will be based on music, basic phonics and […]
The Methodist Mission has received some welcome assistance today for the completion of their multipurpose center on Albert Street. Area Representative Mark Espat handed over sixty thousand dollars from the Government of Belize today to Reverend Leslie Anderson for the facility. It will house a theatre, a neighborhood medical clinic, meeting rooms and offices and […]
The government is in the process of creating the University of Belize which would be an amalgamation of a number of tertiary level institutions throughout the country. While the details of the plan are not yet clear, among the proposals are moving the main campus of U.C.B. from the Landivar area of Belize City to […]
As children return to school after the Easter vacation they have to get back to work in reading, writing, English and Math. For the next four days regional educators will be examining ways to improve children’s performance in these areas at a workshop sponsored by the CARICOM Secretariat and the Ministry of Education. News Five […]
While the children are enjoying their Easter vacation, the teachers are meeting in Dangriga at the twenty ninth Annual Teachers Union Convention. The Prime Minister Said Musa, who addressed the gathering, said that technology will be a crucial ingredient for meeting the challenges of the coming century. He says to help put computers in the […]
The National Spelling Bee Belize District elimination round was held this morning at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. Eighteen students from primary schools in the Belize District battled it out in the competition sponsored by Coca-Cola once again. But as News Five found out, the organizers of this always- well-run event still managed to make […]
While Belize City’s best spellers were competing at the Parish Hall, another competition was underway at the Belize Zoo which included students from all over the country. News Five was invited to view the efforts of the country’s budding ecologists. There are fifteen schools participating in the eighth Science Fair at the Belize Zoo. The […]
This afternoon seventeen students from the St. Martin De Porres School received certificates for completing a peer mediation course to assist students deal with arguments, drug problems or other difficulties. Coordinator of School Projects for the National Drug Abuse Control Council, Keith Emmanuel, told us more about the course. Keith Emmanuel, School Coordinator, N.D.A.C.C. “From […]
As part of its “Internet for Schools” program, B.T.L. has assisted two educational institutions in the Cayo District to go on line. Last Friday B.T.L. signed agreements to provide The Belize College of Agriculture students with free Internet access and upgraded Sacred Heart College’s dial up to dedicated Internet access. B.T.L. began its “Internet for […]
Last week we brought you the story of some schoolchildren learning how to protect themselves from people who might want to abuse them sexually. But how soon should parents and teachers start talking to their children about these sensitive topics? Standard one, standard two? According to many experts, even pre-school aged children can, and should, […]
While many people complain about the condition of the nation’s primary schools, one organization is doing something to change things for the better. The Rotary Club of Belize has completely outfitted the Ontario Village Christian School with almost three hundred student desks and chairs, nine teacher desks and cabinets. The furniture was built by Velasquez […]
While many students do projects at school, they hardly ever get to eat them. This week the students of the Center for Employment Training Hospitality Management course invited their families to sample the dishes they have been learning to prepare at a special luncheon. Luckily for us, the invitation to dine at CET was also […]
Freetown Sibun is known for its efforts to protect Hicatee which inhabit the river. Well, villagers are once again pooling their resources and devoting their energies to another cause. This time they are not making an investment in the environment, but in their children. It may have one of the smallest enrollments in the country […]
Members of the British Forces in Belize today donated three thousand dollars to the Ladyville Evangelical School. Andy Harvey of the British Forces Broadcasting Service told News Five members got help from local businesses but the main contribution was made by the soldiers at the airport camp. Eighteen soldiers participated in a charity swim on […]
