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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com International
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ambassador Abigail de Perez Castro, Education Coordinator of the OAS Department of Human Development and Education, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Newry on Wednesday , September 16, 2015, and advised on the ongoing efforts at the OAS to construct an Inter-American Education Agenda. The framework for the Agenda focuses on three main areas: quality, inclusive and equitable education; strengthening of the teaching profession; and comprehensive early childhood care. Areas of potential benefit to The Bahamas were also highlighted, including the ongoing development of a virtual platform for the sharing of best practice in education policy in order to facilitate horizontal cooperation throughout the Americas and a 'peace leaders' program which focuses on developing citizenship competencies in children through community based learning and curriculum integration. The Bahamas Permanent Mission to the OAS, in following up on last year's visit of the Minister of Education, Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald, to Washington DC and the recent Commonwealth Education Ministerial convened in Nassau, underscored The Bahamas' commitment to leadership on education initiatives in the region going forward.
Ambassador Castro and Ambassador Newry also discussed the prospective hosting of the 2017 Inter-American Education Ministerial in The Bahamas and The Bahamas' prospective chairmanship of the Inter- American Committee on Education in the coming year. Meeting participants included Ambassador Abigail de Perez Castro, Education Coordinator of the OAS Department of Human Development and Education; Ms. Romina Kasman, Education Consultant of the OAS Department of Human Development and Education; Ambassador Dr. Eugene Newry; Deputy Chief of Mission Chet Neymour; Third Secretary Mikhail Bullard; and Embassy Intern Kenton Meronard.
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