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NSTP Celebrates 25 Years of Non-Formal Skills Training
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 The National Skills Training Programme (NSTP), formerly the Non-Formal Youth Skills Training Project (YSTP), has attained twenty five (25) years of providing non-formal vocational skills training to the people of St. Kitts and Nevis. Undoubtedly, the programme which was inaugurated in St. Kitts $ Nevis in 1986, has made significant contributions to the social and economic development of the Federation as over 3000 nationals have benefitted from this training programme through the acquisition of technical, and personal development skills. In addition, there are a number of thriving businesses in the Federation whose proprietors received their initial technical and entrepreneurial skills training at YSTP or NSTP.
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Single Sex Education Pilot
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 The single-sex initiative was officially launched on October 3rd 2011. Three schools were selected to facilitate this pilot, namely Beach Allen Primary School, Cayon Primary School and St. Paul’s Primary School. The selection of the schools was based on several factors including:
a) The location of the school; to ensure representation from each school zone, East West and Central/Basseterre.
b) Population; the schools in the pilot should have at least two classes per grade.
c) The readiness of the teaching staff, which was ascertained by the types of training activities carried out during the preceding academic year.
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BETA Club Launched at Joycelyn Liburd Primary School
 Under the leadership of its inaugural President and visionary, the former Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr. Joseph Liburd, the BETA Club was launched at a ceremony held on the lawn of the Joycelyn Liburd Primary School (JLPS).BETA, acronym for Boys Empowered to achieve, consists at present of forty four (44) boys ages nine (9) to fourteen (14).
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Launch of the Online Education Management Information System
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What is an EMIS:
 The Education Management Information System (EMIS) serves at the Information Management Unit for the Ministry of Education in St. Kitts and Nevis. The operations of the EMIS Department on an annual basis includes – submission of questionnaires to schools and post secondary Institutions with regards to enrollment, nationality, attendance, staffing & staff qualifications, equipment and use of ICT in teaching . The information has been paper based, the trend to collect data has at times been to visit schools and sit and shift through paper to find relevant information. The online EMIS makes all of this information available online – at the click of a mouse.
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