BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A 3-day regional symposium and coverage dialogue on remodeling schooling will get underway right here on September 30, specializing in strengthening the position of oldsters and guardians as leaders and companions in constructing efficient, inclusive schooling programs throughout the area.
The Barbados-based Caribbean Growth Financial institution (CDB) stated it’s internet hosting the occasion in collaboration with the Barbados authorities underneath the theme “Stronger Collectively: Empowering Mother and father as Companions in Caribbean Schooling”.
It stated following the profitable inaugural staging in 2024, the second version of the symposium goals to increase the dialog by putting dad and mom and guardians on the centre of schooling transformation.
The occasion will present focused capacity-building alternatives, facilitate dialogue with policymakers, and lay the groundwork for a sustainable regional framework to help parental involvement in schooling. Roughly 150 members, together with dad and mom, educators, directors, and ministers of schooling, will participate in plenaries, workshops, and coverage discussions designed to strengthen collaboration and ship measurable impression.
“Mother and father and guardians are indispensable companions in schooling. By equipping them with instruments, information, and a stronger voice, the 2025 Symposium will assist create a more practical and inclusive schooling system that meets the wants of each learner,” stated L. O’Reilly Lewis, CDB’s appearing director of tasks.
The CDB stated {that a} central function of the programme will likely be high-level coverage dialogue between Dad or mum-Trainer Associations (PTAs) and Ministers of Schooling, which can align PTA initiatives with nationwide schooling priorities.
It acknowledged that the symposium may even mark a historic milestone with the adoption of the Structure of the Caribbean Council of Nationwide Dad or mum-Trainer Associations and the adoption of its organisational Constitution.
“This occasion is about constructing bridges between dad and mom and lecturers, between PTAs and policymakers, and throughout our schooling programs. The institution of a regional PTA is a historic step towards making certain sustained collaboration amongst vital stakeholders and a brighter future for Caribbean college students,” stated Dr. Martin Baptiste, CDB’s Division Chief, Social Sector.
As a part of its mandate to advance schooling, youth upliftment, and social growth, CDB will make choose classes accessible to the general public through broadcast on its web site and social media platforms.
These broadcasts are designed to supply dad and mom, guardians, educators, and college students throughout the Caribbean with sensible data and instruments that can assist them obtain the very best outcomes from the schooling system.
Among the many classes scheduled for broadcast are “Parenting in a Digital Age: How Mother and father Can Present Assist for each Educational Success and Emotional Properly-Being.
Breaking Boundaries: Advocating for Learners with Numerous Wants; Mother and father and CXC: Partnering for Scholar Success; Creating Connection in addition to Fostering Inclusive, Collaborative Dad or mum-Faculty Partnerships and Scholar and Youth Views: What Helps Us Study, What Holds Us Again.
“By convening numerous stakeholders and amplifying the voices of oldsters and guardians, CDB is reinforcing its dedication to making sure that schooling programs throughout the Caribbean are higher aligned with the realities of contemporary learners, extra inclusive of household engagement, and more practical in delivering alternatives for each little one to succeed in their full potential,” the CDB added.
