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This year’s Independence lecture was on education and was delivered by Vincentian Professor Joel Warrican, Director of the School of Education at Cave Hill, Barbados. Professor Warrican’s lecture was entitled “Independence or In Dependence: Unmasking the fallacy of Education - Rooted in Colonial Traditions.” It was fitting as we reflect on our 43 years of independence that the focus was put on education which is so critical to our national …

A University of the West Indies Professor and former principal of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College has called for a new approach in the classroom in the teaching of students in a technologically advanced world. S. Joel Warrican says deliberately ignoring the need for technology in schools is like condemning students to an era that has long past. Professor Warrican made this statement as he delivered the …

Some officers say that this offensive colonial practice should have been scrapped years ago.