Saint Lucia Likely to Receive Major Assistance for Education

Monday May 02, 2000 – Saint Lucia was among more than twenty countries that met in Senegal, Africa last week to partake in a three-day world education forum plotting the way forward for education on a global scale. 

  Discussions at the meeting focused on the achievements in education as a whole, and what needs to be done to improve the quality of education, with proposals and objectives to provide education for all by the year 2015.  The meeting also gave countries, especially those in the Caribbean, the opportunity to engage in dialogue with various funding agencies like the World Bank, so that grants could be distributed and secured for the growth and development of education systems.

Upon his return to the island, Minister for Education, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports, the Honourable Mario Michel said, “I believe that out of the meeting it is very likely that the Caribbean will be given major assistance - both grant assistance and loan assistance - from major agencies for the development of education.  We believe, in particular, that Saint Lucia will be put on a fast track of countries that will be given major assistance for education.”

  Major financial assistance could help developing countries like Saint Lucia to become better equipped to compete in every aspect on a global scale, particularly as the island seeks to incorporate information technology into its education system on a larger scale to deal with the challenges of the growing information era. Developmental strategies, such as this education forum could also possibly reduce the “Third World” reputation, which is associated with smaller, and less industrialized countries when compared to metropolitan nations like the United Sates.

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