Thursday 2nd February 2006- St. George’s: The Ministry of Education will officially launch the Caribbean Centres of Excellence for Teacher Training Project (CETT) on Friday 10th February, 2006 at the Grenada Grand Beach Resort form 9:00-11:00 a.m.

The project will be officially launched by Dr. the Right Hon. Keith Mitchell. In attendance as well will be Professor Errol Miller, regional director of the Caribbean CETT who will be in Grenada to participate in the official launch and to sign contractual agreements with the Ministry of Education.

The Caribbean Centers of Excellence for Teacher Training is a project which targets the improvement of reading achievements in students at the primary level (Grades 1-3). This project is administered by the University of the West Indies, operated in collaboration with teachers’ colleges across the region and funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

In Grenada, much of the ground work in preparation for full implementation of CETT-Grenada has been put in place. Through the work of two Reading Specialist attached to the project, CETT has begun giving direct support to teachers of Grades K-3 across eighteen (18) selected schools. The CETT-Grenada Project has already distributed individual class libraries to all eighty-seven (87) classes in project school and is in the process of installing computer hardware and supporting software at these schools sites.

A critical component of the CETT Project is the establishment of a Wireless Wide Area Network which promises to bring connectivity to all project schools, the T.A. Marryshow Community College, the Ministry of Education and the University of the West Indies. Such a network is in the process of being installed and will undoubtedly strengthen and enhance teacher and student collaboration and online learning.

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