Minister: ‘Pilot project homeschooling is going well’
WILLEMSTAD - About 15 children are participating in a pilot project for home education. The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (OWCS) started the pilot project in mid-year. Children who have received More...
Students UoC gain unique experience in Medellín
WILLEMSTAD - Students and lecturers from the Built Environment department of the Faculty of Technical Sciences (FdTW) of the University of Curaçao Moises da Costa Gomez (UoC), left for Medellín, Colombia last More...
UoC continues to spread its wings in the Caribbean
WILLEMSTAD, SANTO DOMINGO - Last week, the UoC signed a cooperation agreement with La Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) of the Dominican Republic. Recently, the Rector Magnificus and the chairman More...
School boards have been struggling for years
WILLEMSTAD - In 2011 the Government Accountants Bureau (SOAB) produced a report stating that all school boards on the island are struggling to meet their financial obligations. The school boards - the Association More...
Protestant Schools are fed up with current situation
WILLEMSTAD - The Protestant Christian Education Association (VPCO) is now really fed up with the current situation of their schools. Tuesday morning, the board, management and teachers went to Fort Amsterdam to More...
VPCO: Schools can no longer pay their expenses
WILLEMSTAD - Schools can no longer pay their expenses. The Association for Protestant Christian Education (VPCO) writes this in an urgent letter addressed to the government. There is no more investment in education More...
Albert Schweitzer School starts with flex lessons
WILLEMSTAD - Children from group 7 and 8 of the Albert Schweiz School have to go to school twice a week for half an hour extra starting this month. These so-called flex lessons are provided in turn by a teacher More...
Problems with school buses on route Hato Punda
WILLEMSTAD - There are problems with school buses again. On the route Hato to Punda the bus is so full, that children often see it pass by and have to wait for the next bus. A next bus often does not arrive, so More...
No extra money for cleaning schools
WILLEMSTAD - There are no extra funds for the cleaning of public schools. This can be deducted from the words of the Minister of Education Marilyn Alcala-Wallé. Teachers and parents complained recently that the More...
Accountancy training UoC again positively assessed by N
WILLEMSTAD - The Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences (FdSEW) of the University of Curaçao (UoC) is proud to announce that its degree programs Bachelor's degree in Accountancy & Controlling and WO master's More...
