The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.
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Jul 22, 2008
Natures little secret, Tortola, British Virgin Islands welcomed and toasted budding athletes from across the Caribbean from Bermuda in the north, Trinidad and Tobago in the south and Jamaica in the west, for the much awaited Caribbean Union of Teachers’ 12th Biennial Students’ Track and Field Championships. Jamaica dominated the two-day event amassing an amazing 526 points, followed by Barbados with 452.5 and Trinidad & Tobago 353.5. Flight problems did not deter a record number of teams from participating in the Championship which was hosted by one of the smallest units of the CUT. Taking part in the meet for the first time was the U S Virgin Islands who joined other teams from the Bahamas, St. Kitts, Nevis, Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, Anguilla, Grenada, Bermuda, Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat and the host country, British Virgin Islands. Jamaica also ruled the roost in the male and female categories followed by Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Bahamas. Quite a few records were broken. They are: 4 x 100m U 9, Under 11 and U 13 girls, 4 x 100m U 11 and U 15 boys, long jump U 9, U 13, and U 15 girls, high jump U 15 girls, cricket ball throw U 9 boys, 400m U 15 girls, medley open girls, and 100m and 200m U 15 boys.
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Read more about Jamaica Rules the Roost at CUT 12th Biennial Students Track and Field Meet
Jun 13, 2008
TORTOLA-The British Virgin Island Teachers Union is gearing up to host the July 18-19 Caribbean Union of Teachers Games, targeting 500 under 15 athletes from 22 regional countries.
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Jun 13, 2008
The Caribbean Union of Teachers’ Status of Women’s Committee (CSW) recently held a successful Health and Safety Workshop in collaboration with the Canadian Teachers Federation and the Antigua & Barbuda Union of Teachers. The workshop began on April 20th and concluded on April 23rd, 2008 at the very scenic and hospitable Jolly Beach Resort, Antigua.
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Read more about CUT Status of Women Committee Organizes Successful Health and Safety Workshop
Mar 27, 2008
The following was delivered by Mr. Roustan Job, President of the Trinidad & Tobago Unified Teachers'Association (TTUTA) at the valedictory function in honour of Trevor Oliver at the Tnnaapuna Boys'R.C. School. Of course this was interspersed with anecdotes which had the audience spellbound. Trevor Oliver from a TTUTA perspective poses a mammoth challenge to anyone who would boldly accept the challenge to deliver such a task. TTUTA is a huge, complex, evolving organization. Trevor Oliver has a gigantic, complex, evolving personality. To try to juxtapose these two entities on a level visual plain so as to establish some perspective to view one in relation to the other is almost impossible. However, there is always a way, impossible as it may seem, to scale Mt. Everest.
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Sports: Trinidad Athletes Preparing To Wrest the Caribbean Union of Teachers’ Athletic Championships’ Title from Jamaica
Mar 09, 2008
The Twelfth Renewal of the Caribbean Union of Teachers’ (CUT) Students Track and Field Championships will take place in Tortola, British Virgin Islands on July 18th and 19th 2008. Trinidad and Tobago will be one of approximately seventeen (17) countries expected to participate.
_POSTEDBY indra
Mar 08, 2008
2008 is the 100th anniversary of women taking collective action on 8 March. To mark this milestone, Education International commissioned Argentine artist Nora Patrich to create a commemorative poster.
Patrich's painting, to be unveiled 7 March, depicts women of diverse cultures carrying books, symbolic of education, and bread and roses, the symbols of International Women’s Day. Together the women are emerging from a darkened doorway into the light of sisterhood and solidarity. The poster is available at: www.ei-ie.org/gender.
A painter, muralist and sculptor with a long history of activism, Patrich was honoured last autumn with the prestigious "Maestro de Vida" award from the Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina, an EI affiliate. The prize is granted to people whose life and work embody the social justice values CTERA promotes.
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Read more about International Women's Day: 8 March 2008 - Activism through art
Feb 23, 2008
Teachers in St. Maarten are on strike. On Wednesday morning it was evident that the Teachers were serious about stepping up their protest action, calling on Government to make good on their promises that the adjustment for the new salary scale and the back pay, would have been payed out on the 15th of February. The teachers after their meeting this morning went to St. Peters and visited the St. Maarten academy and other schools in the area, where teachers joined a motorcade blaring their horns and shouting, "No more promises".
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Feb 23, 2008
The Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) Public Relations Officer, Cobin Hinds, is the lone person from the Caribbean attending the Education International (EI) Communicators' Network (ComNet) meeting at the International Trade Union House, Brussels. He is also representing the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) communications committee. He is the guest of EI and joins representatives from Canada, Costa Rica, Ireland, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA and Belgium for this important communicators meeting which began on February 18 and will conclude on Thursday.
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Read more about CUT is represented at Education International (EI) Communicators' Network
Feb 20, 2008
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Oct 14, 2007
National Development: the teacher’s role
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”
These are the words of Nelson Mandela who almost single handedly turned the wheel of fortune and fate in the South African nation.
For the people of South Africa, the doors of development and success seemed forever shut under the oppression of apartheid. Like the doors of apartheid, the doors of development and success in any nation easily remain closed to its children. In Trinidad and Tobago, in 2007, the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association calls on all its members and on all teachers to demonstrate the courage, resilience and faith in human destiny that Mandela showed in order to liberate his people. The teacher’s role in National Development is first identified as an obligation to create possibilities of success for students in their charge. It must not however stop there. This is why today at eight district conventions throughout the nation, distinguished citizens, including (name guest speaker) seated at the head table have been asked to explore with us their perspectives on the teacher’s role in national development.
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Read more about President's Message to TTUTA on Professional Day
