Recently Ron Budacz, representing the Jumby Bay Homeowners and the Shark Bait Swim, opened a new classroom at the Adele School for special children in St John’s. The two organisations provided most of the funds to build the new structure.

An experienced educator is warning of the likely stigma that would be attached to technical and vocational institutions as the Ministry of Education moves towards universal secondary education in 2013.

One member of Swetes FC, Jamale Pringle, says his team will simply have to pick themselves up once more and look towards their next match in the Antigua & Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) First Division football competition.

A proposal is yet to be received by the Minister of Education for government to start charging school fees for non-Antiguan students.

The controversial idea of having non-Antiguan students pay school fees is just that – an idea. Director of Education Jacintha Pringle, in seeking to clarify statements she made two days prior, said the idea emerged from a meeting and had not even been brought to the Minister of Education or the Cabinet.

The shortage of teachers will be exacerbated in the upcoming academic year since many of them will be attending the Teacher Training Department at Antigua State College as the Ministry of Education attempts to fulfil its goal of having every teacher trained by 2013.