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BNTU & Education Minister Make Nice on School Discipline

Two Fridays ago – one thousand teachers marched on Independence Hill against the Education and Training Bill. They wanted the Minister of Education to remove the ban on corporal punishment from the Bill but he didn’t and the Bill was passed. And while that might have been the crossing of a Rubicon, the Union and the Minister have apparently made peace. In fact, last week BNTU President Jaime Panti issued a statement saying corporal punishment has to go. And today Panti was at the head table with Minister Faber at

Teacher's Union Gives GOB Ultimatum

The Belize National Teacher’s Union held a press conference in Belize City this afternoon to make public their ultimatum to government about the collective bargaining agreement. BNTU President Jaime Panti says that government has been dragging its feet on the agreement and the union has had enough. He told us after the press conference that government has one week to act or else. Jaime Panti, BNTU President “Every three years our union meets with government to negotiate benefits and salaries. We have submitted our collective agreement two years ago in 2008, we

Galen University Under New Owner and Management

Galen University in the Cayo District is under new ownership; the new man at the helm is Dr. Louis Zabaneh – who is also the former Chairman of the University of Belize. And now at Galen he is the new Chairman and owner. Along with an impressive Board of Trustees and academic staff, the school held a press conference today to publicly chart the new way forward. 7News was there. Jules Vasquez Reporting, The mood was set with the uplifting

SJC Students Donate New House

If you believe the boys of St. John’s College are just waiting for the weekends to have fun…....think again. Quite a number of these young men are busily working to help others in need. Such was the case of Maria Castillo, a mother of eight children one who just happens to be a student of SJC. Late this evening we caught up with school representatives and the lucky family who are the recipients of brand

Outstanding Students Shine at CXC & CAPE Awards Ceremony

Today Belize’s brightest high school and tertiary level students were honoured at the CXC and CAPE awards ceremony. Jacqueline Godwin was there. Jacqueline Godwin Reporting, The seats inside the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts were filled with proud parents and peers of the over three hundred secondary students who received awards and certificates in recognition of their achievements in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations. what however was visibly absent

Tempers Flare at BNTU Meeting with Education Minister Faber

The Teachers Services Commission – it has already been approved by Cabinet and will be tabled in the House of Representatives in January. But it is still facing opposition from some teachers. And that’s why this afternoon school was called off – and Education Minister Patrick Faber and his entire senior staff which included his CEO, his Chief Education Officer and the two deputy Chief Education Officers met with hundreds of Belize City

Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Peacework Award Promise Scholarships

And 113 high school students who have been doing the right thing in their studies will also receive scholarships. The donor is Price Waterhouse Coopers – the world’s largest accounting firm. They have 140,000 employees spread out in 150 countries and last year they made US$28.1 billion. So their donation of $70,000 to high school students in Belize probably isn’t a big deal to the firm. But it was the best news to the 113

Orange Walk BNTU Rejects Teaching Services Commission

Last week the Belize National Teacher’s Union and Minister of Education Patrick Faber made peace when government agreed to provide clarifications about the proposed Teaching Services Commission and even pushed back it’s date to be tabled in the House to next year. But that’s not enough for the Orange Walk Branch of the BNTU. They held a press conference this evening to announce that they outrightly reject the proposed Teaching Services Commission.

Product of the Southside Wins Open Scholarship

Last night you heard from Athina Swasey the sixth former who topped the CXC results for Belize, earning a “grade one” in 11 subjects. Tonight, we’ll introduce you to 20 year old Stacey Karyn Grinage – she topped the CAPE examinations for Belizean students. CAPE, or the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam is the test taken by sixth form finishers; it is the Caribbean version of the GCE A-Level. Grinage obtained six grade II’s

Baptist High School Expels Gay Student

There is a dramatic development to report tonight in the case of Jose Garcia – a 19 year old student at the Baptist School of Adult and Continuing Education in Belmopan. We should say former student because Garcia says that on Friday he received a letter from school principal Norman Willacey – asking him to withdraw from the school and to seek counselling. We couldn’t reach Willacey for comment. PR Officer for the Ministry of Education