FBE Exit Exams not impacted by hurricanes Irma and Maria
PHILIPSBURG — The Division of Examination and Inspectorate of Education have made the results of the Foundation Based Exit examinations available to the Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Jorien Wuite. The sessions that took place May 21st to 24th saw 509 students take the exams. Of the 509, 14 students were of the ACE School, 64 More...
Steering committee looks at salary scales for teachers
PHILIPSBURG – Minister Jorien Wuite (Education) presented the establishment of a steering committee for repositioning and strengthening public education at a press conference in the government administration More...
Study financing: female students outpace males 2:1
PHILIPSBURG – Female students outpace male students 2:1 when it comes to request for study financing, Minister Jorien Wuite (Education) said at Wednesday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. For the 2018-2019 More...
Earl Lovelace, Edwidge Danticat receive the Presidents Award from St. Martin Book Fair 2018
GREAT BAY — St. Martin — Acclaimed novelists Edwidge Danticat and Earl Lovelace are the new recipients of the St. Martin Book Fair “Presidents Award.” Danticat and Lovelace accepted the award More...
A stronger USM is essential to sustainable development
Philipsburg – President of the University of St. Martin (USM) Dr. Antonio Carmona Báez insists that in order to move forward, St. Maarten must build a solid and centralised system of higher education and More...
On the reconstitution of USM
By Antonio Carmona Báez, Ph.D.* My recent appointment as President of the University of St. Martin has been accompanied by a warm welcome from many of the island’s residents, as well as a strong sense of encouragement More...
Library-director Alberts leaves after twelve years
PHILIPSBURG – After twelve years of service Philipsburg Jubilee Library-director Monique Alberts leaves St. Maarten per august 1; she has accepted a job as the manager of the Mongui Maduro Library, established More...
Endemic Animal Festival attracts a crowd
FRENCH QUARTER – Dozens of children and adults flocked to the Old House in French Quarter on Sunday morning for the first Endemic Animal Festival at this location. The non-profit organization Les Fruits de Mer More...
Justice K-9 Unit visit Sr. Magda School
PHILIPSBURG — On Monday May 14th at approximately 02.30. p.m. the Justice K-9 Unit visited the Sister Magda Primary School to give the students attending afternoon classes a demonstration of the capabilities More...
New USM President and Dean of Academics announced
PHILIPSBURG – At a press conference held on Wednesday, May 9th, President of the Board of the University of St. Martin (USM), Mrs. Valerie Giterson-Pantophlet, in the presence of Minister of Education, More...
