Trinidad and Tobago part of Caricom teachers skilled workers programme

THIS country is part of a segment of Caricom’s Skilled Workers Programme which caters specifically for teachers in the region, a Caricom press release said on Sunday.

The release said the Caricom Secretariat launches a skilled workers programme on Monday with a short hybrid ceremony at the secretariat’s headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana.

Caricom Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett and head of delegation of the EU to Barbados, Eastern Caribbean States, the OECS and Caricom/Cariforum, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska are scheduled to give remarks at the launch. Renee Atwell, Dean, CARICOM Youth Ambassador Programme and other officials are also expected to give remarks.

The launch of the programme will coincide with the component for secondary school teachers.

Caricom said 19 Caricom teachers are being placed on two-week attachments to secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Belize, Guyana and St Kitts and Nevis from March 6-17.

The skilled workers programme, which is supported by the EU, is intended to provide opportunities for the learning of best practices in the administration of the regimes of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME).

The release said it is hoped there will be development of practical skills through the work-related attachments to assist member states implement the CSME and decisions of Caricom.

The programme is also intended to create effective advocates for Caricom integration through the exposure given to participants.

Thus, the targeted groups have been selected for the critical role they can play in implementing and sustaining training and advocacy at the national level in respect of the CSME, in particular, the free movement of Caricomskilled nationals.

Other components of the Skilled Workers Programme which will be rolled out later this year involve, attachments to the Caricom Secretariat for Caricom Youth Ambassadors; attachments to other Caricom member states for border control officers and National CSME Focal Points.