Grade Six students will be writing Common Entrance Examinations this year despite an earlier announcement that it would be removed in 2013.

Minister of Education Dr Jacqui Quinn-Leandro has vowed that she will be back, “full throttle,” to continue serving the St George constituency and by extension the nation of Antigua & Barbuda.

The Antigua State College Department of Teacher Education has registered its largest batch ever to undertake an Associate Degree programme offered by the University of the West Indies (UWI).

Despite a marginal four per cent decline in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results, Education Ministry stakeholders say they are “very pleased” with the overall scores.

The Board of Education (BoE) and the Antigua Barbuda Contractors Enterprises Limited (ABCEL) are at odds over the status of work on the national public library project that has been stalled for around a year.

Two male students expelled from Ottos Comprehensive School last week have failed in their bid to return to classes.

“The strength of any structure depends largely on the strength of its foundation. Education is no different; in fact, it may be argued that it is to education that this analogy is best applied,” said Minister of Education Dr Jacqui Quinn-Leandro in declaring November as Child Month.

Staff at Antigua & Barbuda International Institute of Technology (ABIIT) staged a sit-in yesterday, prompted by a lack of response from ABIIT’s board and administrators

Head of the University of Antigua & Barbuda Development Committee Juno Samuel has a message for Attorney General Justin Simon: “get with the programme” or recuse yourself from the process.

Contrary to claims of a lockout or a political glass ceiling for women, regional political scientist Peter Wickham has suggested that females are deliberately opting out of the political arena.