Dr. Kertney Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, St. Kitts and Nevis TVET Secretariat explained the reasons for the workshop.“They [Germans] are here as a result of the MoU signed with the Ministry of Education and the Chamber of Crafts in Flensburg Germany. We are here for the first part of that MoU where we have these …
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12th November 2024, 16.30 CET
The St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Education continues to build support for the agreement with the Open University of Tanzania to scale-up academic qualifications of the nation’s teaching force Following on the heels of the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Geoffrey Hanley’s signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Open University of …
The Federation showcases its education for sustainable development credentials at UNESCO event
23rd October, 2024 St. Kitts and Nevis seized a unique opportunity this week at a UNESCO event organised for Member States to showcase how, as a small island developing state (SIDS), it used education as an instrument to achieve sustainable development, and how it plans to integrate sustainable development principles into the education system. Organised on …
The Ministry of Education in St. Kitts and Nevis signs an agreement with the Open University of Tanzania to scale-up academic qualifications of the Federation’s teaching force
In what was described by the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, as a ‘game-changing”development, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)was signed on 18th October, 2024 between the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, through the Ministry of Education, and the Open University of Tanzania (O.U.T).The contract heralds the opening of new doors of opportunities …
UNESCO continues to support St. Kitts and Nevis to achieve the Sustainable Developments Goals.
St. Kitts and Nevis received positive news from UNESCO that promotes the government’s sustainable development agenda. Through the federation’s envoy to the agency, the St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO was informed that three (3) grants had been awarded to the Federation to receive technical and financial support in the fields of education, …
John Maxwell Jacques presents concept paper on Reimagining Caribbean Education at UWI FIC Artificial Intelligence Conference
Chief of Education Planning in the St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Education refines her skills at UNESCO training programme in Paris.
The Federation’s presence at UNESCO, was given a boost this week with the participation of the Chief of Education Planning from the St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Education in a high-level training programme organised by UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). Mrs. Carla Diamond attended a week-long intense course entitled ‘Education Leadership Seminar’ …
Ambassador David P Doyle pays a courtesy visit on Prime Minister Drew to brief him on extensive UNESCO activities benefitting the Federation
St. Kitts and Nevis opens the 42nd UNESCO General Conference in Paris as the first speaker
Paris, France, 10th November 2023: The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis enjoyed the rare privilege of opening the debates at the biennial UNESCO General Conference, held in Paris this week. St. Kitts and Nevis made an impactful plea to UN Member States to put education at the heart of their government’s plans to transform their economies …
The mid-term report of UNESCO activities in St. Kitts and Nevis hailed as ‘compelling’
Basseterre, St. Kitts (St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO): Upon the receipt by Hon. Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, Minister of Education with responsibility for UNESCO matters, of a summary report of UNESCO activities implemented in the Federation over 2022 by the St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission, he responded by stating, “These mid-term outcomes …