Sporting Benefits
Everyone has a choice to show will and determination, or to give up according to Carolyn Daniel-Smith, chairman of the Tobago Secondary Schools Basketball Committee. Daniel-Smith’s encouraging the island’s young basketballers to stay positive during adversity in order to achieve success. “If you run into a wall don’t turn around and give up, figure out […]
Carnival Arts fostered via education
Social Studies teachers from Tobago’s primary and secondary schools were sensitised to the value of Carnival in education last Tuesday (February 19, 2019). The Division of Education, Innovation and Energy in collaboration with the National Carnival Commission presented the workshop ‘Transmission of the Carnival Arts through Education,’ which addressed the significance of preserving the tradition […]
Four Primary Schools Extended
Four primary schools were presented with keys to newly-constructed school annexes at special commissioning ceremonies on Tuesday (February 5). The schools—Hope Anglican, Whim Anglican, Patience Hill Government and Signal Hill Government Primary—were extended to meet the growing demands for additional space as school populations increase within the surrounding communities. The Division of Education, Innovation and […]
Chief Secretary Makes Special Visit on Read Aloud Day
On Friday (February 1), Tobago joined the rest of the globe to highlight the importance of literacy during World Read Aloud Day. The occasion is commemorated to advocate for literacy as a human right that belongs to everyone. Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles, who is the Secretary of Education, Innovation and Energy, celebrated by visiting Black […]
More Resources For Special Education
More resources are being provided to support differently-abled students. Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles, who is also the Secretary of Education, Innovation and Energy, said this is one of the areas where the Education Division is collaborating with the Teaching Service Commission. “I’m pleased to advise that the Commission has recently appointed seven special education teachers […]
Positive Process
Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles views the consultations on an education policy for Trinidad and Tobago as a success. The draft policy resulting from those talks was the subject of further consultations last week in Tobago. “It was, in fact, the continuation of a process started in 2016, when the Ministry of Education held the nationwide […]