Education

 

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    Washington -- Mar. 1, 2010 -- The Inter-American Development Bank has approved $45 million in financing to improve Jamaica's education system and expand compulsory schooling from 16 years to 18 years of age.

    PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay — Dec. 4, 2009 — As part of Microsoft Corp.’s efforts to promote jobs, opportunities, education and innovation through its Unlimited Potential initiative, the company announced that twenty-five nonprofit organizations in the region will receive a combined $1.925 million (U.S.) in cash, and another 155 institutions will receive software donations equivalent to $5.413 million (U.S.).

    Caribbean Aerospace College to Open in Jamaica

    Kingston -- March 18, 2009 -- Local construction firm, Surrey Paving and Aggregate, has partnered with Singapore's Air Transport Training College (ATTC) to open the Caribbean Aerospace College in Jamaica, (in the next 3 months), which will provide training in aircraft engineering.

    The Hague -- Jan. 7, 2009 -- The Dutch Government has increased its budget to improve education on the BES islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.

    Kingston -- Dec. 18, 2008 -- Jamaica will build and repair schools and improve the quality and efficiency of its primary education system with a $14 million loan approved Dec. 17 by the Inter-American Development Bank.


    Port-au-Prince -- Aug. 17, 2010 - At a board meeting of the Interim Haitian Recovery Commission, the Inter-American Development Bank today committed to raising $500 million for an overhaul of the Haitian education system.

    St. George's - June 24, 2010: The Government of Grenada and the European Union (EU) Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean have finalised a project that will provide approximately EC$800,000 for technical assistance and training over the next twelve months.


    June 19, 2010 -- The University of the West Indies (UWI) is preparing to allow 200 Haitian university students whose schooling have been affected by the January 12 earthquake, to complete their degrees at its three campuses.

    UWI launches Rex Nettleford Foundation

    June 16, 2010 -- The University of the West Indies (UWI) has established The Rex Nettleford Foundation in memory of Professor The Honourable Rex Nettleford, the Caribbean icon who passed away in early February 2010.

    Trinidadian performer and writer, Caroline Neisha Taylor, is part an exclusive contingent of international artists presenting work at the CONTAINS FAT Performance Festival in London, England, from 23 to 29 June, 2010.

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