The UNESCO St. Kitts Math Olympiad Committee hosted a math fun day, dubbed “The Great Math Challenge”. Students from all the high schools on St. Kitts competed in a fun and friendly environment while at the same time learning the many challenging concepts in mathematics. The activity was held on May 4th 2012 at the Old Girl School Building, Basseterre from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some very interesting activities were developed for the students to engage in. These included use of manipulative, games, computer generated activities and information related to our ancestors’ contribution to mathematics.

Website Development Workshop in Nevis

A Website Development workshop took place on Friday 4^th May in Nevis at the Charlestown Primary School. Teachers from the Primary and Secondary schools were in attendance as well as the Special Education Unit and the Nevis Library Service. The workshop was geared towards the development and the population of the school’s websites.  The objective of the workshop was to equip each person with the necessary tools to enable them to create a website that can be beneficial to the schools, students, parents and the general public on a whole.

Benchmark Literacy Promises Improved Teacher and Student Classroom Reading Experiences

(EMU) – St. Kitts, May 2, 2012: The Ministry of Education’s on-going thrust towards creating a pleasant learning experience for learners was heightened on Wednesday (May 02) with the start of a workshop introducing teaching techniques for the Benchmark Content Literacy Programme.  Minister of Education and Information, Hon. Nigel Carty in an address to participants, reiterated his Ministry’s conviction that the 98% National Literacy rate was based on a traditional method of assessment which did not sufficiently measure comprehension of the subject matter.

TRAINING FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TO FRAME NEW PARADIGMS

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 11, 2012 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Education and Information conducted workshop accomplished its goal to enhance the ability of school principals and their deputies to lead effectively. The training workshop which was held under the theme, Felt Leadership for Heads of Schools: Sine Qua Non for Effective Schools was conducted from April 11^th to 12^th at the NEMA Conference Room. Topics discussed included, “Principals as Institutional & Instructional Leaders” which was presented by the Chief Education Officer, Dr. Patrick Welcome. Mr. Michael Blake, Education Officer and Ms. Kaye Bass, Senior Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made presentations on the “Principal as Directional Leaders” and “Protocol and Procedures in Educational Settings” respectively.