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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)

Congrats to Ms. Valda Alleyne, Executive Director who recently attained Certified Knowledge Manager from the Knowledge Management Institute (KMI). The development of a Knowledge Management System (KMS) has been identified as a critical intervention under the Barbados Human Resource Development Strategy. As the Barbados Accreditation Council is a major agency for creating and sharing knowledge,

An internship is one of a student’s most valuable off campus experience. One of the primary purposes of an internship is to add value to the educational experience. It enables students to facilitate concrete experiences that enable them to create links between the theories they learned and practice. It can also assist students in accessing

Read about the work that the Council has been doing in Quality Assurance in tertiary education and training.  This includes the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and the National Qualifications Register (NQR), the 2nd Annual National Secondary Schools’ Debate Competition, Customized Registration Workshops, What is learner assessment and much more. Read it all in the December