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The Barbados Union Of Teachers (BUT) is awaiting a meeting with the Ministry of Education and other education stakeholders to discuss the future of the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination. General secretary Herbert Gittens said there have been no talks with the union on the exam, also referred to as the Common Entrance or 11-Plus, despite word that it is slated for July 5. Last Friday night, a well-informed source …
Schools are making sure they are ready when the bell rings next week. Yesterday, staff at a number of them were putting up sanitising stations and cleaning classrooms while contractors were maintaining water tanks and doing some debushing. Barbados Union of Teachers’ general secretary Herbert Gittens said he was sure schools would be ready by Monday but it was not “a one size fits all thing” as different schools had …
A decision is yet to be made on the proposed return of face-to-face classes on January 24. General secretary of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Herbert Gittens, told the DAILY NATION that following a meeting with Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw and other educators on Friday, it was still a wait-and-see situation. “The meeting was to continue discussions on the roadmap. The date of [January] 24 is not a …
Flow joins BUT to give online safety tips Article by February 12, 2021 Barbados’ leading telecommunication provider is encouraging teachers, parents and students to think about internet safety as it relates to online classes. With face-to-face learning on pause and social distancing protocols in place, Flow recently hosted a virtual forum in conjunction with the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) to reinforce best-practices for safe and secure online learning. “Students and teachers are spending more and more time online and this has the potential to create some digital ...
Article by Social Share WITH THE HILARY TERM set to officially kick off today, some teachers and students will still be working without electronic devices. General secretary of the Barbados Union of Teachers, Herbert Gittens, said while he had not received major complaints from teachers ahead of the new school term, which will be done virtually, the devices remained a challenge in some instances. “The Ministry of Education tried to address it, because they would have sent out information to the teachers so that they can submit to them where they are in need of devices for the online c...