GEORGE TOWN – The Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) says it has launched a pioneering postdoctoral fellowship at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Climate Studies Group Mona (CSGM), supporting cutting-edge research in tropical cyclone modelling and climate change attribution.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Guyana.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill campus and the University of Ghana are now delivering a joint medical degree programme designed to train doctors who will be accredited to practise in either country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana Friday launched its first ever digital school with President Irfaan Ali the country must move from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based one as well as from dependence on extraction to dependence on invention.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The University of the West Indies (The UWI) says researchers at its St. Augustine campus here have again been ranked among the top two percent of cited researchers in their respective fields.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Vincentians are being encouraged to place stronger emphasis on education as part of efforts to drive national development.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The Suriname government says it will on Monday relaunch  the school feeding programme launched by the Santokhi administration in 2023, and implemented under the supervision of then-First Lady Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA – Twenty-one-year-old UWI student Chantae Wright is the recipient of the inaugural Jamaican Women Pinnacle Awards Scholarship. Miss Wright was presented with her check recently during the Adventure in Faith 2025 Series at Universal Centre of Truth for Better Living in Kingston. The scholarship was made possible through part proceeds from the Jamaican Women Pinnacle Awards (JWPA) Gala held during International Women’s History Month in March 2025 at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has been elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the first time in 50 years, marking a historic moment for the country’s leadership in global education, science, culture, and communication.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has agreed to extend the examination timetable for Jamaica.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has launched a student census that it says will provide the opportunity to directly influence the future of education in the sub-regional grouping.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Ministry of Education has announced plans to introduce Moral and Civic Education as part of the national school curriculum, along with a website for reporting bullying.