The Safety and Health at Work Act 2005 (SHaW Act) places general duties on all occupiers and/or employers to ensure safe places of work, safe systems of work and safe co-workers. One of the best ways to achieve these statutory requirements is through occupational safety and health (OSH) “training”, as the act also requires ‘the […]

Executive Director of the Barbados Accreditation Council, Mrs. Lisa Gale paid a courtesy call to the Immigration Department as she continued her aim at strengthening stakeholder relations. She was flanked by Administrative Officer Ms. Requell Griffith who manages the CARICOM Skills Certificate portfolio. Chief Immigration Officer Mr. Wayne Marshall was joined by Assistant Chief Immigration

CONGRATULATIONS to the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute for being granted Recognition as an Awarding Body by the Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC). The Certificate of Recognition was presented to Mr. Jamaal Roach, President of the CFA Society of Barbados and Mr. Inigo Bengoechea, Director of Government and Regulator Relations, CFA Institute by Ms. Bernadette Callender, Deputy

It was celebrations all around for the University of the West Indies, Open Campus and Cave Hill Campus as they both received the seven (7) years maximum for Institutional Accreditation on June 4, 2019.  In two separate ceremonies, the Chairman of the Board, Ann Lady Hewitt addressed the audience and lauded the institutions for their

The BAC took part in the Barbados Manufactures’ Association- BMEX over the period June7-10, 2019. During this three-day event, the BAC had the opportunity to engage with many persons who stopped by its booth to learn about the services of the Council. The booth, which was beautifully decorated with the Council’s corporate colours, also had

2018 CIQG Quality Award Deadline for Applications: October 1, 2018 Award InformationThe Council for Higher Education Accreditation International Quality Group (CHEA/CIQG) is establishing a CIQG Quality Award to recognize outstanding performance of higher education providers in meeting the CHEA/CIQG International Quality Principles. The Award will be made annually based on submissions that provide evidence that the Principles are

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