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Five computers were donated to Saint Luke’s Methodist Primary School in Belize City to boost its computer lab. The now thirteen functioning stations will assist teachers and students with their research and will help to incorporate technology into lessons. The donation was made by Smart Belize; the telecommunication company has been working with the institution […]
Written on March 21, 2019 | Posted in
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Seven days ago News Five reported on the extremely unhealthy circumstances that students and teachers of Holy Angels Roman Catholic School in Pomona Village have been experiencing. For many years they have been battling with a rat bat infestation and dilapidating school buildings. It’s the responsibility of the school management to properly address those issues […]
Written on March 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Holy Angels Roman Catholic School, along the Stann Creek Valley in Pomona Village, is asking for the public’s help tonight. For some years now, the school has been tackling a growing infestation problem and decaying structures. It is really a maintenance problem; an issue, which according to the Roman Catholic schools handbook, falls directly under […]
Written on March 13, 2019 | Posted in
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The Preschool Festival of Arts for the Belize District kicked off this week and culminated in a star studded show of talent and skill. The preschoolers have been showcasing their talents on the Bliss stage through singing, dancing and acting. Eighty-five items were performed by forty preschools. All the children who participated picked up gold […]
Written on March 13, 2019 | Posted in
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Thousands of teachers gathered today at the UB gymnasium in Belmopan to take part in an I.C.J. forum fully sponsored and organized by the Belize National Teachers’ Union. The four-hour forum saw the participation of more than three thousand, five hundred teachers who listened to presentations from three invited guests. Ambassador and YES proponent Assad […]
Written on March 8, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize National Teachers’ Union is holding an I.C.J. forum on Friday. The forum will take place at the auditorium of the University of Belize. According to National President, Senator Elena Smith, teachers will hear speakers from both sides. It is expected presentations will be enlightening and leave the teachers with enough facts to make […]
Written on March 5, 2019 | Posted in
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Every year we cover activities relating to Child Stimulation Month. The entire month of March is dedicated to highlighting the importance of early childhood education. This morning, four thousand children from all over the country and up to eight years of age, which is a critical period for growth and development, paraded from Memorial Park […]
Written on March 1, 2019 | Posted in
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Corporal punishment is not only banned in all schools but it is an illegal act so the teacher who reportedly hit eight-year-old Anthony Adolphus committed a crime. Anthony, a student at Queens Square Anglican School in Belize City, says that his teacher hit him in the eye with a yard ruler. He was told to […]
Written on February 28, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize National Youth Mainstreaming Strategy Framework Consultation kicked off today in Belize City. It’s a big name for a strategy that seeks a coordinated government approach to enable equity for all young people. The strategy looks at the social, economic and political bearings for Belizean youth in decision making process and planning. In order […]
Written on February 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Corporal punished has been banned from schools for more than a decade. In 2017, Minister of Education Patrick Faber told the media that corporal punishment in schools will not be allowed. Minister Faber also said that “if at the end of the day it is found that in fact corporal punishment was utilized by a […]
Written on February 26, 2019 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, the local media participated in a one-day training workshop entitled “Fish School.” Organized and funded by OCEANA Belize, the training was facilitated by Margot Stiles, Marine Scientist and Chief of Strategy at OCEANA. Journalists from different news agencies including News Five received information about Belize’s marine ecosystem and the many challenges it […]
Written on February 25, 2019 | Posted in
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A sit-out started by seven teachers has morphed into full industrial action by all teachers at the Bishop Martin High School in Orange Walk. Today, the entire teaching staff was outside the classrooms and students headed home by midday without knowing when teachers will return inside. This is on the eve of the critical ATLIB […]
Written on February 21, 2019 | Posted in
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The Rotary Clubs of Edmonton, Canada and Belize gifted the Saint Luke’s Methodist Primary School with a playground. The outdoor recreational space is fitted with swings, slides and ladders for the children to play. The playground was salvaged from a community in Canada and installed on the school grounds. It was officially inaugurated on Wednesday. […]
Written on February 21, 2019 | Posted in
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The most shocking of the sexual images circulated over the weekend involves a fifteen-year-old student of Wesley College, in uniform. She has since taken a leave of absence from school to receive professional help from a counselor. Minister of Education Patrick Faber says he supports the school’s administration in making available to the minor the […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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The wholesale distribution of pornographic images over the weekend on social media has raised the issue of cyber bullying and the urgent need for legislation to be passed to combat the malicious spread of damaging material. Those laws have been long in the making, despite the constant flood of lewd and sexually explicit material being […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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While the Attorney General is looking at ways to combat cyber bullying through the passage of legislation, Minister of Education Patrick Faber says it is equally important to discourage the production and sharing of pornographic images. The Deputy Prime Minister supports all initiatives to help the teenage minor through this difficult ordeal. Patrick Faber, […]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in
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This afternoon, a population of a little over four hundred primary school students gathered on the compound at Wesley Lower School where there has been an endless rash of break-ins since December. They got together in the schoolyard for a brief ceremony during which Albert Area Representative Tracey Panton and the General Manager of Tropicana […]
Written on February 18, 2019 | Posted in
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The fate of Doctor Lorna McKay as Gwen Liz Principal remains in the hands of the Teaching Services Commission. It has been one year and a half since Doctor McKay was served a letter by the then chairman of the school’s board and Minister Patrick Faber’s ‘right-hand man’, Roosevelt Blades. The letter notified Doctor McKay […]
Written on February 13, 2019 | Posted in
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Education Minister, Patrick Faber, also spoke on the ongoing negotiations with the Belize National Teachers’ Union. According to Faber, while he has taken a bench, senior ministry officials have been in discussions with those of the B.N.T.U. to finalize issues such as hardship allowances and matter contained within the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Patrick Faber, […]
Written on February 13, 2019 | Posted in
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The Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL) which is based in Washington D.C. is in Belize for a week of peace building activities to commemorate Peace Education Week. Among the projects they are undertaking is the peace education pilot programme at the Ephesus SDA Primary School in Belize City. The programme is a […]
Written on February 11, 2019 | Posted in
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We have reported on the grant request of almost two hundred thousand dollars for Paulette Elrington to proceed on study leave even though Elrington is not on established staff with the public service. The P.S.U. has strongly objected to the request for the grant as well as for her to join the public service. More […]
Written on February 8, 2019 | Posted in
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Bishop Martin High School was also a recipient of a financial grant from the Japan Embassy through the Grassroots and Human Security Programme. In 2017, the Japanese Embassy and the school signed a contract valued more than two hundred thousand dollars. The monies were used for the construction of a news concrete school building. An […]
Written on February 7, 2019 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Education today hosted its second annual B-TOO Education Expo. High school students from across the country filed into the Belize Civic Center to get first-hand information from several tertiary level education institutions with regards to opportunities and options in furthering their studies. The purpose of the expo was to encourage young men […]
Written on February 6, 2019 | Posted in
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The fate of a Muffles College teacher is in limbo tonight following the dissemination of her nude pictures in December 2018. It appears that the pictures were leaked, without her permission or knowledge. The fourth form teacher was asked to resign, but she did not act on that request. She was placed on administrative leave […]
Written on January 31, 2019 | Posted in
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Over ninety thousand dollars in eyewear will be distributed to high school students at twelve high schools across the country. The donation is courtesy of Courts Optical Centre, which tested the eyes of about a thousand students and selected over two hundred to benefit from the programme. Students at two high schools in Belize City […]
Written on January 30, 2019 | Posted in
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