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TRAINING FOR FEMALES IN FIELDS DOMINATED BY MEN FULLY BOOKED

Published 22 February 2024

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TRAINING FOR FEMALES IN FIELDS DOMINATED BY MEN FULLY BOOKED

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 22, 2024 (SKNIS): Women in St. Kitts have overwhelmingly responded to a month-long series of training by the Department of Gender Affairs that will increase knowledge and skills in several areas traditionally dominated by men.

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ST. KITTS TO HOST 52ND LEEWARD ISLANDS DEBATING COMPETITION FROM FEBRUARY 29th TO MARCH 4th, 2024

Published 19 February 2024

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ST. KITTS TO HOST 52ND LEEWARD ISLANDS DEBATING COMPETITION FROM FEBRUARY 29th TO MARCH 4th, 2024

Basseterre, St. Kitts, 19th February,,2024 (CFBC): St. Kitts will play host to the2024 Leeward
Islands Debating Competition (LIDC), which will take place at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel
Conference Room in Frigate Bay, St. Kitts, from February 29th to March 4th,2024.

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Southern University Waives Application Fees and Launches New Application Portal for St. Kitts & Nevis Applicants

Published 19 February 2024

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Southern University Waives Application Fees and Launches New Application Portal for Saint Kitts and Nevis Applicants

 

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 19, 2024 (Press Secretary, PMO) – Southern University and A&M College (SU) invites nationals of Saint Kitts and Nevis aspiring to become students to apply for bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. programs through its newly launched application portal at https://apply.subr.edu/apply/.

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CFBC COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY TO BE PRECEDED BY TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC PROCESSION ON FEBRUARY 20

Published 16 February 2024

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CFBC COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY TO BE PRECEDED BY TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC PROCESSION ON FEBRUARY 20

Basseterre, St. Kitts, 16 th February, 2024 (CFBC): The Commencement Ceremony celebrating
the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) Class of 2023 will be held on Tuesday, 20 th
February, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. at the Pro Cathedral of St. George with St Barnabas (St. George’s
Anglican Church) under the patronage of Her Excellency Dame Marcella Liburd, Governor-
General of St. Kitts and Nevis.  Attendees are asked to be seated by 4:00 p.m.
The ceremony will be preceded by the traditional Academic Procession of the president, vice
presidents, faculty and graduates, which will begin from Independence Square starting at 4:00
p.m.  The procession route will follow Central Street, then turn onto Church Street and proceed
north to the venue.


The keynote speaker is Published Author, Educator and Entrepreneur Mrs. Carol Mitchell, and
the Class Representative is Arts, Sciences, and General Studies Valedictorian Ms Jodie-Lyn
Watson.


The Class of 2023 comprises 281 graduates from the College’s five Divisions—106 from Arts,
Sciences and General Studies (ASGS), 34 from Teacher Education, 23 from Health Sciences, 115
from Technical and Vocational Education and Management Studies and three (3) from Adult and
Continuing Education.  


The graduating class of the Federation’s premier tertiary institution has earned postgraduate
diplomas and certificates in Education and Midwifery respectively; the Bachelor of Science in
Nursing degree; Associate degrees and diplomas in Agricultural Studies, Office Administration
and Management Studies, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Architectural Design Technology,
Information Technology, Timber, Automotive as well as Electrical and Electronics Engineering,

Culinary Arts, Hospitality Studies, Accounts, Economics, Entrepreneurship, History, Law,
Modern Languages, Tourism Studies, Sociology, Visual Communication, Environmental Studies,
Information and Communication Technology, Mathematics and Natural Sciences; and Enrolled
Nursing Assistant and Culinary Arts certification. 


Government officials including the Minister of Education, Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. Dr.
Geoffrey Hanley, dignitaries, and parents and guardians of the Class of 2023 are expected to be
in attendance.  

File Photo: Cross section of CFBC Graduating Class of 2022

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Launch of National Safe School Initiative

Published 16 February 2024

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FEDERAL EDUCATION ADMINITRATORS LAUNCH SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Friday, February 16, 2024:​ Education officials from St. Kitts and Nevis convened on Thursday February 15 at the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Union (CUNA) Conference Room to set in motion the National Safe School Policy.

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