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Charles F Broome 'A' retains primary schools chess crown
12+ hour, 44+ min ago (250+ words) Charles F Broome "A" successfully defended its Primary Schools" Team Chess Championship title after a flawless performance at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium. The champions won all five of their matches to finish with 21 points, narrowly holding off a determined St…...
New model aims to build fuller student profiles for secondary schools
14+ hour, 48+ min ago (870+ words) Parents have been given their clearest picture yet of how Barbados" proposed transition from primary to secondary school will operate, with classroom projects completed at school, four standardised tests spread over two years and continued parental choice of secondary schools…...
Class Three pupils "ready" for new transition assessment - Ministry
15+ hour, 21+ min ago (346+ words) Education officials said pupils in Class Three are the most ready to begin the new primary-to-secondary transition assessment, while training and preparatory work will start from Class One. The issue was raised by a parent during a Ministry of Education…...
Jeremi Wright scores 100 in Maths, earns place at first-choice school
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (724+ words) A perfect score in mathematics and a place at Harrison College have capped off a successful primary school journey for 11-year-old Jeremi Wright of St Cyprian's Boys' School. Jeremi, who received his Barbados Secondary Schools' Entrance Examination results on Monday,…...
Beyond academics: Students urged to master life skills
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (625+ words) Education officials have underscored the value of soft skills among youth as part of the framework for preparing for the world of work, with over 300 students from 16 secondary schools graduating from the Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Challenges " Transforming Children's Lives…...
St George Primary Head Boy, in 11-plus top ten, earns QC place
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (653+ words) St George Primary School head boy Tyriq Goddard " ranked tenth in the 2026 Barbados Secondary Schools" Entrance Examination " is headed to Queen"s College." But his mother, Karen Goddard, said his journey to high school was built not on extra lessons…...
Govt to put studios, creative arts into schools
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (528+ words) The government will install fully equipped music production studios in a number of secondary schools and introduce a national student festival to create clear career pathways into the global entertainment industry, as the education minister joined a soca star to…...
Common Entrance results show "worrying fall" in English scores
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (619+ words) A sharp fall in English scores and continuing weaknesses in literacy and mathematics in this year's Barbados Secondary Schools' Entrance Examination should alert the public that young learners' grammar and comprehension are not at an acceptable level, literacy specialist Shawntelle…...
Rape accused remanded
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (271+ words) A Jamaican man accused of raping a visitor has been remanded to Dodds Prison after the court refused him bail. Roman Arib Patterson, 29, of no fixed address, was not required to plead to the charge that on June 12 he had…...
Play with purpose at Maria Holder Nursery School
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (540+ words) Laughter echoed across the grounds of Maria Holder Nursery School, Oldbury, St Philip, on Friday, but educators insisted there was much more happening beneath the cheerful sounds of bean bag tosses, bowling games and children's songs. The school's Open Day…...