YMCA Cayman Islands offers intensive tutoring session
Just in time for the reopening of Cayman’s schools, the YMCA offered an intensive tutoring programme to 16 Extended After-School Programme students from Sir John A. Cumber Primary School and George Town Primary School. Students were invited to join the…
Expanding early grade reading efforts throughout the OECS
By Sisera Simon Head, Education Development Management Unit, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — The OECS/USAID Early Learners Programme (ELP) has focussed on improving reading levels across the OECS in the early grades over the last five…
Dive into Literacy Month at Camana Bay with educational and family-friendly activities and events
International Literacy Day is celebrated on Tuesday, 8 September, but Camana Bay is celebrating Literacy Month the whole month long. To encourage the love of reading in children – and to help adults to rediscover their enjoyment of all things…
OECS/USAID Early Learners Programme charts the future for Early Grade Reading in the OECS!
By Sisera Simon, Rafer Gordon, Lisa Sargusingh-Terrance, Tevin Shepherd, Tracey Warner-Arnold Webinar set to highlight the achievements and sustainability of OECS/USAID ELP! Thursday, August 20, 2020 — As the culminating event of the OECS/USAID Early Learners Programme (ELP), the USAID and…
How to write an excellent research paper for college
Do you often find yourself staring at a blank page screen and do not have any idea on how to approach your intricate and exasperating research paper? Well, you are not alone. Students from all walks of life find the…
OECS / USAID Early Learners Programme advances culturally relevant content!
OECS Early grade readers will have 50,998 new Caribbean authored books for the coming school year. Thursday, August 13, 2020 — In an effort to ensure that early grade readers in the OECS have access to a wide range of developmental…
Wash & learn initiative
Wash and Learn Initiative Partner: Libraries Without Borders United States (BSF-US) Context Libraries Without Borders (Bibliothèques Sans Frontières – BSF) is a non-profit organisation committed to increasing access to information for those in need by meeting people where they are—whether in…
Cayman: TBLS Deputy Director featured in International Journal
Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) Deputy Director, Mr. Scott Atkins has recently had his articles published in two prestigious international legal publications. Mr. Atkins’ article highlighting new points of law in the area of trusts is included in the the…
Technology at the forefront of training to assess OECS early grade reading levels
By Sisera Simon Head, Education Development Management Unit, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, OECS Monday, August 3, 2020 — After five years of partnering to improve and develop effective early grade reading instruction in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia,…
Cayman: DEH continues to remove derelict vehicles after lockdown
The Environmental Health Officers at the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) work hard with communities to address issues of public and environmental health. As a part of this work DEH continues their initiative to remove derelict vehicles from the streets…