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Public School Attendance Officers Undergo Training
NASSAU, The Bahamas — “Education is a human right of our children,” said the Hon. Glenys Hanna-Martin, August 22, at a training seminar for persons who will serve as Attendance Officers at the Ministry of Education and Technical & Vocational Training. The 25 individuals have been carefully selected from a current complement of trained COVID officers by a review committee in the ministry, and also includes new applicants. Shortly there will be recruitment of officers in Grand Bahama and other Islands, Minister Hanna-Martin said. During the initial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic many children and young people stopped attending school virtually and did not return to school when face-to-face instruction resumed, she said: “Our information tells us the numbers are in the thous...
21 public schools across six Family Islands to benefit from $50,000 donation from ADO
NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Agricultural Development Organization (ADO) has committed to funding 21 public schools on six Family Islands with a donation of $50,000 for new and/or existing programmes. The Department of Education, through the Ministry of Education and Technical & Vocational Training accepted the donations today (Monday, June 13) at the Ivy Dumont Building, University Drive. The Hon. Glenys Hanna-Martin, Minister of Education and Technical & Vocational Training said the initiative is generous and brilliant and will go a long way, individually, collectively and nationally. “It’s very important that we cause our young people to have some reality about what it is we need to do to advance our people. Agriculture is central. Going in the schools is critical becau...
