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Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 1, 2022 (SKNIS): The new national assessment dubbed Key Stage Assessment of Learning (KAL), which is set to come on stream shortly will be implemented in stages, said the Acting Director at the Curriculum Development Unit – Teacher Resources Center (CDU-TRC) within the Ministry of Education, Amanda Serrant-Edmead, during her March 30 appearance on Working for You. “We are implementing the national assessment in stages. So, this year, we are just using Language Arts and Mathematics and only components of it and then next year we will roll out more of the assessment in other subject areas,” said…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 1, 2022 (SKNIS): The grading system for the new national educational assessment method dubbed the Key Stage Assessment of Learning (KAL) has built-in tools to maintain its integrity. KAL will be rolled-out during the 2021 – 2022 academic period. It will be administered in Grades 4 and 6 in Language Arts and Mathematics. Ornella Halliday-Bacchus, Assessment Coordinator in the Curriculum Development Unit – Teacher Resource Centre, said that measures are being taken to ensure that the grading system is above the board. “The students will be assigned I.D. (identification) numbers and we are trying as much as…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 1, 2022 (SKNIS): The Public Works Department within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure will be kept busy over the coming months with the addition of new tenders.Director of the Public Works Department, George Gilbert, highlighted several areas where the department’s focus will be during an interview on March 11, 2022. “We have two ghauts to rehabilitate, the Cranston Ghaut and Stone Fort Ghaut. These will be undertaken similar to what is at the wash ghaut in Cayon where we will let the ghaut go under and the road flowing over,” said Mr. Gilbert. He added, “What we…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 31, 2022 (SKNIS): Within the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, dog attacks on farms have been a destructive force over the years as they have dramatically reduced the animal population on the islands. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) is addressing the problem.Chief Veterinary Officer in the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Lesroy Henry, during an interview on March 25, stated that last year, these dog attacks have reduced the small ruminant population by 20 percent.He said, “In the first quarter, we had in the region of about 150 sheep and goats that were either killed or wounded…

San Jose, 31 March 2022 (IICA) –The coalition to fight against the pest threatening global banana production and, in turn, the food and nutritional security of millions of families, reported on its achievements and set its priorities for the remainder of 2022.Representatives from the private sector, academia, civil society organizations, government agencies and international bodies that form part of the Global Alliance for Cooperation to Fight against Fusarium TR4 held a meeting in which they demonstrated the strengths of their work despite the difficult scenario presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, by the impact of the war in Eastern…

The Foreign Ministers of CARICOM and Canada will meet virtually on Friday 1 April2022, with the discussions expected to centre on key issues of mutual interestincluding regional security and stability, multilateral cooperation, and building aresilient and sustainable economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.Friday’s meeting will be cochaired by Hon Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs ofCanada, and Hon Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade andImmigration of Belize and Chairman for the CARICOM Council for Foreign andCommunity Relations (COFCOR). CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett willaddress the Meeting.Ministers are expected to deliberate on rebuilding their COVID-affected economies,with emphasis on areas…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 30, 2022 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has one of the best performing economies in the Caribbean region due to prudent fiscal management policies put in place by the Team Unity administration under the leadership of Prime Minister Dr. the Hon Timothy Harris. During the People’s Labour Party (PLP) Convention 2022 on March 26, 2022, Prime Minister Harris announced further plans to diversify the local economy in an effort to create better-paying jobs across the Federation. “We will continue the build-out of the digital economy of St. Kitts and Nevis, incentivizing Wi-Fi support in every home…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 31, 2022 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards and the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), held a National Dialogue with stakeholders in the tourism sector on March 29, 2022. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Carlene Henry-Morton said, “this is a call to action, a coming together of the critical stakeholders of key players, enough to engage each other in frank discussions to listen to each other’s ideas, to share our concerns, our plans, and to talk about…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 31, 2022 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Education has embarked on an initiative to further strengthen the education sector in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis through the rollout of a new national assessment dubbed Key Stage Assessment of Learning (KAL), the results of which will be used in improving the education system so that teachers and students will maximize teaching and learning opportunities within and without the classroom. “KAL promises to be an assessment that should not provide the students with that much anxiety. We are hoping that the students could come to school and…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 30, 2022 (SKNBS): Urgent quality improvements in the tourismsector are now closer to becoming reality, thanks to a national dialogue between sectorstakeholders and quality institutions in St Kitts and Nevis held this week.The Saint Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS), in collaboration with CARICOMRegional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), hosted a one-day workshop entitled“National Dialogue between the national quality infrastructure and the tourism sector in the SaintKitts and Nevis” on Tuesday March 29th, 2022, at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort.The SKNBS is currently participating in CROSQ’s implementation of the 11th EuropeanDevelopment Fund (EDF) Economic…