Philipsburg:-- Three members of the Windward Islands Teachers Union would be attending the 34th Biennial Conference organized by the Caribbean Union of teachers (CUT) to be held in Grenada on July 27 to August 2. President of the WITU Claire Elshot told members of the media that the theme for this year’s conference is “transforming today’s classroom for tomorrow’s world.”
Elshot said the CUT has a packed agenda, which would open with a women’s conference. She said there are going to be a number of workshops during the weeklong conference, which would address policies and educational issues. Teachers attending the conference would also be attending a breakfast meeting sponsored by the UNESCO for July 28. The intention is to have the delegates from the Caribbean Union Teachers participate in meeting which has a theme “Caribbean Teachers Union and the Global Teacher for EFA initiative ( Education For All Initiative). An issue that is of concern to St. Maarten now that the island government would seek to implement compulsory education in the new school year Elshot explained.
Elshot said the CUT normally plan ahead for the next two years during these conferences the different summits. Focus she said is also placed on the track and field competitions, which is also held every two years. To date she said St. Maarten is not able to take a delegation to these track and field competitions.
