BERMUDA: How many thugs in our public school system? My recent questions about private versus public educating systems upset some readers. Several readers replied. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: DDM launches Geological Hazards Handbook for Secondary Schools. The Department of Disaster Management continues its mission to promote disaster awareness Territory wide, with the production of a Geological Hazards Handbook for Secondary Schools. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: HLSCC workshop critical to accreditation. Acting President of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, Dr. Karl Dawson, has said that a two-day student assessment workshop, which opened on Thursday 29 January, is critical to the College's pursuit of accreditation and, more importantly, to the institution's ongoing quest for improvement. Full article

CUBA: Guatemala School Enrollment Jumps. Guatemala began the school year with over 1.4 million students enrolled thanks to the government effort to give free education at public schools. Full article

CUBA: Cuban Education Congress Ends. Art and education power are on the table Friday of the last day of the 11th Congress "Pedagogia 2009," where participants analyzed alienating practices to foster globalization. Full article

DOMINICA: National Teenage pageant contestants launched. The seven National teenage pageant contestants were launched and presented to the public on Saturday. Full article

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Haitians also cross the Dominican border to study. The presence of Haitians grows beyond working in rice, coffee, and cacao plantations and construction, where they are already more than their Dominican pars, to the large cities and in towns, as students of wealthy families come to colleges in this city, as evidenced by the growth of the student population in Santiago’s ISA, PUCMM, and UTESA universities, with 1,549 men and women registered. Full article

JAMAICA: Time-out facility for problem students coming September. Students with behavioural problems will not be allowed in the normal classroom setting come September, as the Ministry of Education finalises plans to place them in time-out facilities. Full article

JAMAICA: Youths, poor are main police abuse victims - study. Men, youths and poor Jamaicans are more likelyto be victims of police brutality, a recently published Ministry of National Security survey has shown. According to the results of the survey, eight out of every 10 respon-dents said the police were more likely to brutalise and harass people from lower social strata than the more well-to-do. Full article

JAMAICA: Student gangs cautioned. The police were called into a primary and junior high school in Kingston after several students reportedly formed gangs. Full article

JAMAICA: Rush to US schools - Carib immigrants flock to Florida career schools for jobs in health care. Nurses' aides, medical assistants, surgical technicians - Caribbean immigrants are a fast-growing force in South Florida health care. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Wallerfield youngsters cry out for boxing assistance. IN THE shadow of the billion dollar E-Teck Park at Wallerfield a group of youngsters dream of breaking out of a cycle of poverty that has condemned so many before them. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: ‘Stay in school’. Trinbago Unified Calypso Organisation (TUCO) reigning Junior Calypso Monarch Megan Walrond has a message for young girls in today’s society. She urges: “Stay in school and get an education.” Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: With Training, It's Students' Turn to Teach Peers. College students from St. Thomas and St. Croix got a crash course Friday on the do’s and don’ts of peer educating, and picked up some helpful tips on how to effectively engage and teach their fellow students about HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and substance abuse. Full article