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Earlier you saw some of the top performers from twenty five highest overall marks – but they represent just a fraction of the seven thousand plus students who sat the exam. The results, as described by the ministry, are average. According to a preliminary release issued by the Ministry of Education, only fifty percent of […]
Written on June 6, 2017 | Posted in
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Students have been anxiously awaiting the results of the 2017 Primary School Examination, sat in April and May of this year. According to the Examinations Unit of the Ministry of Education, that wait is almost over, as the results should be released sometime this week. Interestingly, the only man who knows what the results are […]
Written on June 5, 2017 | Posted in
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The school year is not yet over, but parents are no doubt starting to turn their attention to the plans for the coming new one. Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited consistently ranks education among the top three reasons given for loans to members. Scholarships are active, but for a reasonable means of helping to pay […]
Written on June 5, 2017 | Posted in
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A twelve-year-old boy from a school in the deep south is the national coca cola spelling bee champ. He bested eleven other primary school students to win the title. This is the twenty-third year that Bowen and Bowen is holding the competition and it has become a highlight of the year for many students. The […]
Written on June 2, 2017 | Posted in
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The national festival of arts concluded earlier this week. Golden performances from across the country converged at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts to showcase the best of the best for 2017 in dance, drama and song. As that event concluded, the second annual Vernon Leslie Memorial Lecture took place at the Bliss. It […]
Written on June 2, 2017 | Posted in
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For the past five years, we have shared with you many stories of the Skills Training Center in the Collet Division since it opened its doors. But on Wednesday, the center received its official name after a local face. Frank Lizama who operates his art business on Cemetery Road was bestowed with the honour of […]
Written on June 1, 2017 | Posted in
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If you were thinking of pursuing music studies in Belize, you will now have a chance to do so. For the first time a local school is offering a degree programme for students to study music. The programme will officially start in the upcoming school year. For S.J.C., the road to realizing this new programme […]
The Children’s Festival of the Arts takes center stage this weekend, as it does each year at this time at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. But for the opening ceremony, the Ministry of Education and National Institute of Culture and History went to the seaside, to B.T.L. Park, where the excited voices of […]
Written on May 25, 2017 | Posted in
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The second annual C-Ray Cycling Club High School series held its finals today. One hundred and thirty students from ten high schools in the Belize District gathered at the Marion Jones Stadium for the final races in the male and female category, which kicked off at four this afternoon. Organizer Kaya Cattouse says the aim […]
Written on May 25, 2017 | Posted in
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Technical and Vocational Education has traditionally been a field dominated by males, but this year, the program is aggressively proposing to change that to include women. ITVET is holding activities this week to promote equal opportunities. This morning, a group of students from Punta Gorda walked away with the top prize for their product, Xococcino […]
Written on May 23, 2017 | Posted in
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Belize’s primary schools have, for the most part, standardized textbooks paid for by the Government of Belize. There have been few hiccups in distribution and management but no major complaints. The Ministry of Education has plans to do the same for secondary schools – but with a twist: these books would be on a digitized […]
Written on May 18, 2017 | Posted in
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“Positive Play, Positive Minds, Brighter Tomorrow” was the theme of a two-day early childhood development conference convened by UNICEF and several local ministries. As many as a hundred and eighty stakeholders were present for the event that discussed programs that addressed issues related to child development, literacy, as well as parenting, and specialized services for […]
Written on May 17, 2017 | Posted in
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Teachers from across the country were recognized today as part of Education Showcase 2017 for excelling in their profession. Eight outstanding teachers and school leaders took the spotlight at the annual event. News Five’s Duane Moody was present for the ceremony that lasted more than two hours. Duane Moody, Reporting “The best teachers open […]
Written on May 11, 2017 | Posted in
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On Monday night, you heard well-known educator Leroy Green speak out about missing records of his teaching career. Green told us that thirty-four of his forty-three years of teaching documents could not be found. He retired back in November and those missing records were affecting the processing of his full benefits. Well, tonight Green told […]
Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber was today inaugurating the extension to Grace Primary School within the Collet Division. The new facility will host upper division students and will improve significantly the environment in which they learn. News Five’s Duane Moody attended the launch and files this report. Duane Moody, Reporting Grace Primary School has […]
Written on May 10, 2017 | Posted in
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He is known countrywide for his work in the creative arts, specifically the National Festival of Arts. Most recently and leading up to his retirement last November, Leroy Green had been working with the Ministry of Education to implement a creative arts curriculum into the formal education system. But tonight, the career teacher of thirty-four […]
Written on May 8, 2017 | Posted in
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Green says that according to the Retirement Act, it is the responsibility of the ministry to address the issue of his pension and to locate his records. As we said, Green has many years of teaching under his belt dating back to 1975, when he started teaching at age fifteen at the Belmopan Comprehensive High […]
Written on May 8, 2017 | Posted in
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Saint John’s College launched an educational history program today that focuses on the Caste War. The mix media project uses technology, creativity and the community to tell stories about a piece of history that has helped to shape a part of Belize. As a part of the programme, S.J.C. also set up an exhibition of […]
Written on May 5, 2017 | Posted in
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We detailed the travails of students taking the problem-solving paper for Mathematics in the Primary School Examination on Tuesday. While scores will not be ready until early June, marking has already been completed for part one of the examination, which was sat in April and featured both papers for English and one for Science. Like […]
Written on May 4, 2017 | Posted in
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Seven thousand, one hundred and forty-three hopefuls sat part two of the Primary School Examination countrywide today. As hard as they studied, as thorough as their preparations were, there is nothing quite like facing the Math Paper Two or problem-solving section of the examination. Certainly there were no complaints about the multiple-choice Paper One or […]
Written on May 2, 2017 | Posted in
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“Building Competitiveness in Belize in a Global World- the Role of the University of Belize” that is the theme in which it held its annual research conference in Belize City. The event showcases research done by students and faculty of three of U.B.’s campuses. This conference highlights practical and policy oriented research on a broad […]
Written on April 28, 2017 | Posted in
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And in more U.B. news, today the institution met with several stakeholders of the private and public sectors in a workshop to discuss institutional enhancement of the university in an effort to help drive the social and economic development of Belize. The institution has received grant financing from the Caribbean Development Bank towards the cost […]
Written on April 28, 2017 | Posted in
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The finals of the National Tertiary Debate sponsored by the Social Security Board were held today in Belize City. The final two teams, Independence Junior College and Ecumenical Junior College, debated on the topic “Be it resolved that Belize should submit its territorial differendum with Guatemala to the International Court of Justice”. The Independence team […]
Written on April 28, 2017 | Posted in
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Thousands of Belizeans will be heading to the Capital City on Saturday and Sunday for the annual National Agriculture and Trade Show. Since it started back in 1970, “Agric” has grown from year to year. While for many years the focus was on the agriculture industry, in the last decade or two it has expanded […]
Written on April 28, 2017 | Posted in
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The Belize National Teachers Union and the million dollar payout to non-striking teachers remain in the news tonight. The B.N.T.U. executive is saying that it is not buying the story by Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber that the U.D.P. did not have a hand in the run-up to the election of a new union president […]
Written on April 25, 2017 | Posted in
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