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The literacy rate in Barbados for youth and adults are both above 99%, only falling to 98.5 among the elderly. The literacy gender parity rate is 1.0. This information is for 2014. Starting in 2000, the government initiated the Education Sector Enhancement Programme, usually referred to as EduTech 2000. This USD 213 million project was financed ...
Current Structure of Government Ministries. Prime Minister's Office. Ministry of the Public Service. Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment. Office of the Attorney General. Ministry of Legal Affairs. Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training. Ministry of Housing, Lands and Rural Development.
Dr. the Most Honourable Kenneth George, FB. Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Nutritional Security. Permanent Secretary. Chief Agricultural Officer. Mr. Terry Bascombe (acting) Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector. Permanent Secretary. Mr. Timothy Maynard. Ministry of Housing, Lands and Maintenance.
The government has been chosen by elections since 1961 elections, when Barbados achieved full self-governance.Before then, the government was a Crown colony consisting of either colonial administration solely (such as the Executive Council), or a mixture of colonial rule and a partially elected assembly, such as the Legislative Council.
S. Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. Categories: Education ministers by country. Government ministers of Barbados.
History. Founded in 1968, the Barbados Community College came to be as a result of an Act of Parliament aimed at making post secondary education more accessible to the Barbadian public. In 1990, the Act was amended by Parliament to allow for the following designations to be conferred upon students: Bachelor's degrees, Associate degrees ...
Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP [2] (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system ...
Cynthia Forde is considered one of Barbados veteran politicians. Her work experience started as a cashier for one year, then for 25 years she taught at The Sharon Primary School, located in St.Thomas. MP Forde is the current Member of Parliament for St. Thomas, she has served the constituency as MP for over 21 years.