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Bridgetown Barbados – June 29, 2026 – The Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) hasbeen honoured with the Regional Partnership Excellence Award by the Antigua andBarbuda National Accreditation Board (ABNAB), recognising the Council’s longstandingsupport of the Board and its commitment to strengthening quality assurance across theCaribbean. In presenting the award, ABNAB recognised the BAC as a steadfast […]

Bridgetown, Barbados – September 17, 2025 – The Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC), the competent authority for the CARICOM Skills Certificate, has welcomed CARICOM’s landmark decision to introduce full free movement, among four Member States from October 1, 2025. From that date, nationals of Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be able to enter, live, work and

CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION OF CARICOM SKILLS QUALIFICATION The Certificate of Recognition of CARICOM Skills Qualification programme facilitates the free movement of labour by CARICOM Skilled Nationals (CSNs) by allowing CSNs of participating CARICOM nations to move between nations to seek and pursue work opportunities without needing to obtain a work permit. The information below provides

The Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) is very closely monitoring the impact that artificialintelligence (AI) is having on higher education institutions (HEIs) in Barbados.To this end, the Council has been conducting research into the impact of AI so far, and assessing thepositive and negative factors and challenges it may present in the future. This relates to