News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
KRALENDIJK - The children's book week was officially opened on Sunday by Commissioner James Kroon. For the festive opening, various guests spoke about the importance of reading for children, including the director of Society and Care, Servana Servilia. This year, we are commemorating the fact that it is already the thirteenth time that the children's book week is being held. As part of the festive opening, a presentation by a dance group of ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD - On Friday, November 4th , the festive signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the Teacher’s program in Saba and Sint Eustatius took place between OCW Caribbean, the University of St. Martin (USM) and the University of the Virgin Islands ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- Fundashon Forma, which largely focuses on offering so-called second-chance education, now has its own student council. On Thursday, the installation of students elected to the council took place. All parties, both the students themselves and ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM- Head of the Education, Culture and Science (OCW) Department Caribbean Netherlands Nolly Oleana paid a farewell visit to Saba on Tuesday, November 1st where he met with the Executive Council. At the end of the meeting, Island Governor Jonathan ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD- Work has recently started at the construction site for a completely new building of the Gwendoline van Putten school on St. Eustatius. The project, which is an important project for St. Eustatius in more ways than one, is being realized by local ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- The Day of the Youth Professional 2022 took place on Thursday. For the first time since 2018, it has been possible again this year to celebrate this day together and physically, after the corona period. It was also possible to follow this ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD- The local government signed contracts this with three caterers to provide a healthy breakfast for children. The breakfast programme started in 2020 to ensure that vulnerable children start the school day with a good meal. Fruits are ... Lees verder
SABA-Saba celebrated World Teachers’ Day on Wednesday, October 5 with two main events; a church service in the morning organized by the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) and a dinner with guest speaker event in the evening, hosted by the Public Entity ... Lees verder
During the working conference entitled 'The academic success of Caribbean students' that took place last week at the University of Aruba, an ambitious package of specific and structural measures was devised in order to improve the academic success of students ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- The information campaign on domestic violence and child abuse with the theme of shame started in September. Central to the campaign is a short film of four parts, in which a family is followed. In the film you see the problems that the family ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJIK- Several childcare centers on Bonaire on Tuesday paid a visit to the animal shelter as part of Animal Day. The little ones from Childcare Bon Kwido, Elephants Splash and E Shoco Sabí, among others, took part in this school ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- A special project was launched on Saturday at MBO Bonaire, in which young people from the Helping, Care and Welfare and Sport and Recreation Employees 'adopt' an older person. As part of the project, a first meeting took place at the school. ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - Last Monday a conference was organized by the national expertise center for curriculum development (SLO) in response to the Papiamentu reference framework and learning lines. During the conference presentations were given by various educational ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- A group of about 40 employees from the assistance chain will follow weekly Spanish lessons from September 5 to better communicate with Spanish-speaking residents. The group of care providers consists of employees of Sentro Akseso Boneiru, Zorg ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- The school for special education on Bonaire was opened on Thursday in the presence of EOZ and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The new school is named Kolegio Emmy Schermer. Schermer was the first local remedial educationalist on ... Lees verder
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