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The breach is one of several that have occurred in recent years and in this case, the information was spread across social media platforms. In that case, it would have reached many countries. In answering questions from the media across the region, Wesley said that C.X.C has informed the Jamaican Ministry of Education and that […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s graduation season and all over the country, at various levels of education, students are celebrating their academic milestones. For many, this moment represents the hard work and personal investment paying off; for others, the completion means a little bit more. For persons who repeated and tried again, completion is a celebration of perseverance. In […]
Written on May 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The Holy Redeemer Credit Union celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary today and did so by launching a brand new children’s book written by former Chief Education Officer, Doctor Carol Babb. It’s the second in a series of publications geared towards teaching financial literacy. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Dr. Carol Babb, Author/Director, HRCU “The book, […]
Written on May 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, sixteen students from standard two to six at the Calvary Temple School received football jerseys as the school aspires to enlist the team in a football competition being organized by the National Sports Council. Calvary Temple School is located at the far end of Regent Street West in Belize City and has a student […]
Written on May 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Schoolchildren across Belize who do not have access to the internet will be connected to the worldwide web shortly. This will be achieved through a partnership between the Government of Belize and Giga, an initiative launched by UNICEF and the UN’s International Telecommunication Union, to connect every school to the internet. Minister of Education, Francis […]
Written on May 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Over recent days, reports have surfaced that a student with special needs attending Wesley Upper School has been the victim of bullying by his fellow schoolmates, and belittling comments from one of his teachers. According to the report, the child was so humiliated by his most recent experiences that he expressed the wish to discontinue […]
Written on May 10, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Bank of Belize (N.B.B.) and Ladyville Technical High School are partnering to teach financial literacy to students at the institution. Today, a team from N.B.B. visited the school to engage a group of third and fourth form students. There was a lot of information to take away from the session. We spoke with […]
Written on May 10, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize National Teacher Unions has scheduled a council meeting for Wednesday to address the abrupt withdrawal of President-elect, Ruth Shoman. On Monday, Shoman served a letter to President Elena Smith informing her that she is pulling out as the newly-elected National President of the Belize National Teachers Union effective immediately. Shoman noted that since […]
Written on May 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Not lost in what transpired on Tuesday is the responsibility that each vendor has to ensure that the products and food items being sold at school are safe for human consumption. From the police department’s perspective, Minister Kareem Musa reiterated that the Ministry of Home Affairs is committed to transparency when dealing with the issue […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, when the media caught up with the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Education, she was asked for an update on the rollout of the competency-based curriculum which was piloted at the start of the 2022 school year. As we’ve reported, education stakeholders have been travelling to schools across the country getting […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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C.E.O. Maheia also gave an update on the ministry’s free education program. At the start of the 2022 school year, four high schools on the south side of Belize City benefited from the pro-poor program. In mid-March, Prime Minister John Briceño announced that students in Toledo and Stann Creek Districts will also benefit from the […]
Written on April 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The murder of sixteen-year-old Saint John’s College student, Wellington Williams, has brought into sharp focus concerns about student safety outside of the S.J.C. campus. Over the last seventeen months, three students who had been attending the high school lost their lives to gun violence. And, less than three weeks ago, we told you about a […]
Written on April 4, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Association of Principals for Secondary Schools, BAPSS, met today in Belize City where school administrators from across the country gathered to discuss a range of issues. It was also an opportunity for members to learn from each other and take those experiences to their respective classrooms. Heidi Curry is the president of BAPSS. […]
Written on March 23, 2023 | Posted in
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As we have reported, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology has the second largest budget for 2023. Two hundred and sixty-one million dollars have been allocated to recurrent expenditure. Seven million dollars have been earmarked for Capital Two investments, while thirteen million dollars will go to Capital Three investments. In his contributions to […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Four high schools in Belize City are currently benefiting from the Ministry of Education’s free education program. Last week Friday, Prime Minister John Briceño announced that students in the Toledo and Stann Creek districts will soon see the free education program come to their schools. When we caught up with Minister Fonesca today in Orange […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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The rollout of the free education program to four additional high schools will come at a cost. That is one of the many reasons why the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology has the second highest projected spending in the 2023 General Revenue Appropriation Bill, a whopping two hundred and sixty-one million dollars. And, […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Minster Fonseca also responded to concerns about the safety of students attending high school in Belize City, following recent reports of violent altercations in a couple of schools where the free education program has been rolled out. There have been suggestions that police officers should be stationed inside these troubled compounds. We asked Minister Fonseca […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A group of fifty women is now better equipped to launch their own business ventures following an eight-week skills training course. Peace Work Belize and the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund partnered to organize classes in cake making, jewellery making, sewing, pedicure and manicure. The exercise officially came to an end today with a […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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The Journey to Freedom healing program has been gaining momentum in several Belize City high schools, as it caters to at-risk youths. Already, at least three Belize City high schools, as well as the Tubal Trade and Vocational Institute in Ladyville, have enrolled students. Tubal graduated sixty-five of its students from the course earlier today. […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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The Leadership Intervention Unit, in partnership with Tubal Trade and Vocational Institute in Ladyville, today graduated a cohort of over eighty-one men and women who will now have the opportunity to become entrepreneurs or to be employed in an apprenticeship program. It is part of a strategy to address the crime situation in Belize City, […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon, the Belize Central Prison received two hundred and forty Chrome Books from the Port Moody Rotary Club in British Columbia. It was the final phase of an ongoing educational program that the club helped to set up back in 2018. The program has aided hundreds of inmates who have passed through the doors […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Remember “Lucky Dip”, “The Kite”, “On the Beach”, “I Wish”, and “Animals, Birds and Fish” from the Ladybird Sunstart collection? These are books used within our primary school system to engage our kids in comprehension – reading and learning. Well, Saint Mary’s Standard One Teacher Gianni Martinez today launched the Great Escape, a book that […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Less fortunate school children across the Old Capital will be able to receive additional tutoring and access to the digital world through a Youth Connect Student Hub that the Belize City Council opened today at its ground floor at City Hall. Mayor Bernard Wagner admits that this is one of his council’s manifesto pledges that […]
Written on March 1, 2023 | Posted in
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We also spoke with Doctor Samuel about the responses promoted by the initiative in the event that a school is destroyed by a natural disaster. He also touched on the issue of technology in education and its limited availability and access to marginalized communities. These are critical issues pertaining to disaster risk reduction. Dr. […]
Written on February 28, 2023 | Posted in
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An investigation into the male teacher from Canaan SDA High School who stands accused of predatory behavior against one of his female students is near completion. The Ministry of Education and the high school have been repeatedly accused of not moving swift enough in taking action against the teacher. Well, the result of that investigation […]
Written on February 24, 2023 | Posted in
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