SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES – The Hon. Jeffrey L. Lloyd, Minister of Education, participated in the second Caribbean Safe School Ministerial Forum held in Saint Vincent and Grenadines, April 29 – 30, 2019.
In a report on the forum, The Searchlight Newspaper reported that the forum “began yesterday (April 29) with an opening ceremony at the National Insurance Services (NIS) conference room with over 100 participants from a number of countries and organisations in the region in attendance.”
“Elizabeth Riley, the deputy executive director of Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), said that the safe schools initiative is a flagship programme of the CDEMA coordinating unit,” the article noted. “She made reference to events that have occurred in the Caribbean, namely Hurricane Irma and the 6.9 magnitude earthquake which affected Trinidad and Tobago in 2018.”
Continuing, the Searchlight article noted that Riley said that “these events suggest the need to reassess our operational environment and also emphasise the need to change in anticipation for what may potentially come”.
“She posed questions to participants that she hoped would generate discussion over the two days and expressed thanks to the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines for hosting participants for the forum,” the article stated. For a link to the full Searchlight article, see BAHAMAS CHRONICLE at https://searchlight.vc/searchlight/news/2019/04/30/curtains-come-down-on-caribbean-safe-school-ministerial-forum/
