Articles from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 February 2022 Privatisation Trends in Education in the Caribbean
Steven J. Courtney, Rinnelle Lee-Piggott
Privatisation has been a focus of education research for many years, particularly in western liberal democracies. However, the phenomenon is relatively under-researched within the Caribbean region. This matters.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 December 2016 Caribbean teachers expose failing school infrastructure
Education unions reveal that the neglect of school building maintenance, inadequate sanitary facilities, mould infested classrooms, crumbling asbestos rooftops, and unprotected power lines are creating serious health and safety hazards in Caribbean schools.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 July 2009 Over one hundred trained in EFAIDS Workshops in St Vincent & the Grenadines
Training for both teachers and the wider community has been the focus of the EFAIDS Programme of the St Vincent and Grenadines Teacher Union in recent months. Master trainers Oswald Robinson, Gloria Endeavour and Rudolph Roberts coordinated the training sessions and reached over one hundred people.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 April 2008 Interview with Rudolph Roberts, Member of St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers' Union (SVGTU)
In July 2007, Rudolph Roberts benefited from training conducted by his union, the SVGTU on HIV/AIDS prevention and Education for All. He spoke to EI about his experience.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 December 2007 St Vincent and the Grenadines: Caribbean unions take EFAIDS a step forward
In October thirteen unions affiliated to EI came together in Kingston to review their progress on the EFAIDS Programme thus far, to plan for 2008 and to benefit from training on two new toolkits related to gender safe schools and the greater integration of teachers living with HIV and AIDS...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 October 2006 Caribbean union of teachers embraces CSME, rejects GATS
Speaking at the EI/CUT Round Table Meeting in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Ralph Gonsalves challenged teacher union leaders to familiarise themselves with the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and its affects upon the free movement of teachers within the region.
Caribbean union of teachers embraces CSME, rejects GATS