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ST. GEORGE'S GRENADA - Wednesday September 1, 2010, MOEPRU - Grenada’s Education Minister is appealing to students, parents, principals and teachers to make the most of the new school year. Senator Franka Alexis-Bernardine is urging all to put their best foot forward in an effort to ensure the poverty cycle is broken.
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ST. GEORGE'S GRENADA, FRIDAY AUGUST 6TH, 2010 - MOEPRU - Parents who use the government’s free school books’ programme have been expressing satisfaction with the initiative. Now into its third year, the programme is meeting its objective of ensuring equal access to education for all school-aged children in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
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St. George's Grenada, Friday August 6th 2010 - MOEPRU - The revived cadetting programme in Grenada has been commended by young Grenadians who have just concluded a two-week regional cadet camp in St. George’s.
The Grenadian participants, who were joined at the camp by representatives from Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, have all been sounding praise for the cadet movement.
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Education Minister, Senator Franka Alexis-Bernardine, is meeting with primary schools’ principals as her ministry prepares to implement changes to the curriculum of schools.
The changes are to take effect at the start of the new school year in September, and the ministry has been laying the ground by bringing all relevant parties, including parents and teachers, up to date on the proposed reforms.
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The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is offering scholarships in Germany for “Postgraduate Courses for Professionals with Relevance to Developing Countries” for young executives, academically-trained professionals in leading positions from developing countries.
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The Mexican Government is offering scholarships for post graduate students who wish to pursue Master’s and Doctorate studies in Mexico. Interested persons can choose from the programme for the Association of Caribbean States or CARICOM.
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Under the theme, “Addressing the issues; Overcoming the obstacles; Implementing an action plan for improved students achievement, the St.George’s University, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, is hosting a summer workshop for secondary school principals and other ministry officials from July 14-23, 2010.
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Registration for the 2010 Children’s Library Annual Summer Programme is now ongoing throughout all parishes.
The Summer programme will be held from the 19th to the 30th July 2010 at libraries nation wide.
Under the theme, “Man, Technology and the Environment” activities will include Craft making, drama, field trip and craft exhibitions.
Registration cost $10.
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Mental math has become one of the Ministry of Education’s Curriculum unit’s most recent approaches to stimulate young minds about mathematics, encouraging a fun and creative way to target the subject.
With the support of Pearson Publisher’s, the Ministry hosted the 2010 National Grade Six techno-Math quiz, where schools having topped the district round of competition competed for the national award.
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The Government of Grenada, through the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, is working with Midwestern State University (MSU), Wichita Falls, Texas, to encourage and support students interested in pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies.
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Secretary General of the Grenada National Commission for UNESCO, Mr. Eugene Gittens, has become the first Grenadian as well as the first person from the English-speaking Caribbean to be elected to the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, in collaboration with the Food and Nutrition Council, will be holding two-day training workshops for Health and Family Life Subject Leaders/Teachers.
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The Curriculum Development Unit in the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development is urging form five (5) teachers of Home Economics-Food and Nutrition, to attend a workshop scheduled for Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th July, 2010 at the Westerhall secondary school from 9 a.m.
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The Common Entrance Examination was held on May 7th 2010.
The Examination was open to all students who were eleven but not yet fourteen (14) years of age on September 1st 2010.
However a number of students who were already fourteen years old, were permitted to write the examination.
The Examination consisted of two papers- A multiple-choice component comprising Social Science, Natural Science, Language Arts and Mathematics and a written component where candidates wrote a short composition on a given topic and provided solutions to mathematical problems.
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The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development is inviting applications for the 2010 Teacher Induction Course.
The Course runs from 26th July 2010 to 6th August, 2010 at the Grenada Boys Secondary School.
It
will explore with participants, the fundamentals of teaching such as
classroom management, soft skills, guidance and counseling skills,
behavioral management, assessment, lesson planning and drug avoidance.
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