Basic learning has been the top priority of education ministers in Latin America and the Caribbean as they gathered in Bogota, Colombia to reaffirm their commitment to "promote urgent educational recovery. The World Bank reported that the meeting aims to discuss and agree on concrete measures
UN News - Nearly 420 million children across the globe receive school meals – that’s 30 million more than in 2020 - the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new report published. Amid the current global food crisis, with many families struggling to put food
The Barbados School Nutrition Policy, which was developed and approved by Cabinet in May 2022, will be implemented on February 15th. The launch and press conference will be held at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology, The Pine, St. Michael, at 10 a.m., in collaboration
Jamaica's Ministry of Education and Youth will test solar energy usage in schools through a pilot program. Portfolio Minister Fayval Williams stated that the experiment will be conducted at 30 institutions during the first quarter of 2023, “and then, depending on the results, that will be
UN News - The UN chief on Monday issued a statement expressing deep sadness at the death of 15 people, including 11 children, at a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk, following an attack by a lone gunman who killed himself at the scene. Two dozen
A group of experts has said there is a learning crisis in the Caribbean and Latin America, and building better school infrastructures could help address the problem. An article published by the World Bank said that "good-quality infrastructure can change the learning environment for many boys and girls",
UN News - A shocking new UN report released indicates that the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children requiring educational support has grown from an estimated 75 million in 2016, to 222 million today. The UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), outlines
Face-to-face classes in Jamaica are slated to fully resume on Monday, March 7. The announcement was made during a virtual Town Hall Meeting on Friday, March 4. All is set for the full resumption of classes including the readiness of the Ministry of Health to respond to
UN News - A new project launched on Monday by two UN agencies aims to improve the diet of school-age children by supporting the development of nutrition standards for school meal programmes. In many countries school meals represent a significant portion of children’s daily diets, the
UN News - School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a staggering $17 trillion in lost lifetime earnings for today’s students, according to an UN-backed report issued. The projection is among the findings of The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery, published by the World Bank, the UN
