Scores of tertiary education and training providers in Barbados and organizations such as the Caribbean Examination Council and the Technical Vocational Education and Training Council, are now better prepared to participate in a new Human Resource Development (HRD) initiative aimed at ensuring that formal, informal, and non-formal learning is certified and recognised locally and overseas.  […]

It is with great pleasure that the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) announces the upcoming Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on “Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning”, scheduled to take place from January 9, to February 10, 2017. This 5-weeks MOOC is designed for teachers in diverse areas – secondary education, post-secondary education and vocational education.  Anyone interested in improving teaching

For the second consecutive year, The St Michael School emerged victorious over Queen’s College in the finals of the 3rd Annual National Secondary Schools’ Debate Competition. The Deighton Griffith Secondary School placed third. The competition hosted by the Barbados Accreditation Council was held on Tuesday, November 22, 2016.  The moot for debate was “A National

The Board of Directors, staff and selected stakeholders of the Barbados Accreditation Council embarked on a two-day strategic visioning retreat, with the aim of charting the way forward.  Dr Hensley Sobers of Sobers Integrative Management Services (SIMS) was the main facilitator for the Strategic Visioning Retreat on October 6-7 which resulted in the Barbados Accreditation

The Executive Director, Mrs Descima Alexandra-Hamilton and Accreditation Officer, Ms Janelle O’Garro of the National Accreditation Board of St Vincent and the Grenadines recently completed a one-week work attachment with the Barbados Accreditation Council. Their work attachment comprising observing and learning of the practices, policies, processes and procedures of the Council, in anticipation of implementing

The Barbados Community College is making strides towards becoming a registered education provider and ultimately an accredited provider. The acting Principal, Dr Ian Austin and twenty-seven (27) of his administrative and teaching staff participated in a one-day workshop at the Hotel PomMarine, Hastings, Christ Church in May 26 this year. Based on the feedback, the

The Council hosted a workshop on “Best Practices for Writing Learning Outcomes for the National Qualifications Framework”, held on June 1 – 2, 2016 at Almond Bay Caterers, Hastings, Christ Church. This forum was aimed at  tertiary education and training providers  in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector and attracted twenty (29)

Staff members of the Barbados Accreditation Council were trained in the essentials of Customer Service Excellence by Mrs. Rhonda Bryan-Hutson, Trainer of the National Initiative for Service Excellence (NISE) during the months of June and July. The two full-day and two half-day workshops sought to broaden and enhance the competencies of staff in areas such

The Barbados Accreditation Council has commenced the pilot implementation phase of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) with the selection of six (6) tertiary education and training providers from the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector. The TVET sector was chosen at a wider stakeholders’ forum  for the pilot implementation phase given the diverse

Mr Robin Phoolchund, Director (Ag), Mr V. A Ramchurn, Manager, Framework Services and Mr Ramsamy Nookadie, Accreditation Officer of Mauritius Qualifications Authority (MQA) spearheaded a Scoping Mission in preparation for the implementation phase of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), during the week of April 11 – 15, 2016. MQA and the Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC)