Vieux Fort North Parliamentary Office holds “successful” Schools Poetry Contest
The audience at the event (PRESS RELEASE) — The Vieux Fort North Parliamentary Office held another successful Nobel Laureate Week activity on Saturday, January 26. Students of all four primary schools...
View ArticleSchool counselors in Saint Lucia celebrate National School Counseling Week
(PRESS RELEASE) — School counsellers from throughout the island are this week celebrating their profession with a week of activities, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of...
View ArticleSaint Lucia police teach students ‘Life Skills for Drug Free Living Program’...
(PRESS RELEASE) — Form One students around the island are being educated about the immediate consequences of substance abuse as the Substance Abuse Unit and the Royal St. Lucia Police Force are...
View Article20 New Zealand scholarships now available for Caribbean citizens!
Auckland, New Zealand (PRESS RELEASE) — The New Zealand High Commission in Bridgetown is promoting the upcoming round of applications for New Zealand Development Scholarships with twenty (20) available...
View ArticleLUCELEC refurbishes Dugard Combined School
(PRESS RELEASE) – The Dugard Combined School in Choiseul has a student population of 240. Ahead of the start of the new academic year in September, school officials had one wish, a new library and...
View Article15 Saint Lucians to benefit from India scholarships
(SNO) — Fifteen Saint Lucians will benefit from scholarships courtesy of the government of Indian this financial year, Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has announced. Last Thursday, the prime minister...
View ArticleGov’t ministry recognizes Council workers (+video)
(PRESS RELEASE) — To augment the public facility maintenance efforts of the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Empowerment, Youth Development, Sports, Culture and Local Government (MOST), six Local...
View ArticleTaiwan provides funding for smart classroom project in St. Lucia
Education Minister Dr. Gale Rigobert (left) with Taiwanese Ambassador, Douglas Shen. CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Feb 13, CMC – Taiwan is providing EC$2.5 million (one EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) towards a...
View ArticleAve Maria Girls Infant School to remain closed
Ave Maria Girls Infant School (SNO) — The Ave Maria Girls Infant School will be closed today, Thursday and tomorrow, Friday to facilitate construction works being carried out at the facility to make...
View ArticleEducation ministry gets blasted for closure of Ave Maria Infant School
Julian Monrose (SNO) — The closure of the Ave Maria Girls Infant School is not going down well with the National Council of and for Persons With Disabilities (NCPD) and the Saint Lucia Teachers Union...
View ArticleDigicel steps in to help Sunny Acres-based after-school care and support group
(PRESS RELEASE) — Attending to the needs of at-risk students, once they’ve left the school playground, is never an easy task – particularly for working parents with little to no extended family...
View ArticleTaiwan supports Saint Lucia education sector with massive $2.5-million donation
(PRESS RELEASE) — The Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Saint Lucia, Hon. Douglas Chen, recently presented a cheque valued at EC$2,500,000 to the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender...
View ArticleSaint Lucian author to officially launch anti-bullying “Buddy Bench Campaign”
Loverly Sheridan (PRESS RELEASE) – Anti-bullying author and youth advocate, Loverly Sheridan, will kick off the official launching of her international “Buddy Bench Campaign” — endorsed by the Ministry...
View ArticleSaint Lucia observes International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Minister Dr. Gale Rigobert (SNO) — This week Saint Lucia joined with nations around the world in observing the 4th annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. As part of the celebrations,...
View ArticleSt. Lucian scholar publishes first PhD research paper
Gill Francis Cambridge Trust scholar Gill Francis from St. Lucia, who is undertaking a PhD in education at the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development & Learning, has had her first...
View ArticleSaint Lucia to be represented at Windward Islands Debating Competition
(PRESS RELEASE) — The Sir Arthur Lewis Community College will be representing Saint Lucia at the third annual Windward Islands Debating Competition (WIDC) from March 1-2, 2019, in Grenada. A team of...
View ArticleLUCELEC powers opportunities for at-risk youth
Cheque presentation at the Our Boys Matter programme launch with (from Left) LUCELEC Managing Director Trevor Louisy alongside SSDF Executive Director Allison Mathurin, Minister of Equity, Social...
View ArticleSaint Lucia Tourism Authority supports anti-bullying campaign
(PRESS RELEASE) — One-hundred-and-eighty-six students at the Les Etangs Combined School can now practice anti-bullying tactics, having been the recipient of the Buddy Bench presented by the Saint...
View ArticleParent upset over suspension of Castries student based on WhatsApp conversation
(SNO) — A parent is upset that her child, a female student attending a high school in the north of the island, was suspended based on a WhatsApp conversation with a male student who was allegedly...
View ArticleAnse La Raye youths produce film on factors contributing to violence
(SNO) — Fifteen young people from Jacmel, Millet, Roseau and Vanard — communities in Anse La Raye — have come together to produce a film which identifies and depicts the key risk factors contributing...
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