Basseterre: St. Kitts, Thursday, November 13, 2025: The Ministry of Trainingin St. Kitts and Nevis joined different OECS member states within the simultaneous launch of the Digital OECS Harmonized Major Curriculum (D-OHPC), a groundbreaking initiative geared toward reworking main training throughout the area.
The launch on Thursday, November 13, marked a historic milestone within the modernization of the training system inside the Group of Jap Caribbean States (OECS). The D-OHPC introduces a totally digital, harmonized curriculum designed to supply college students throughout member territories with equitable entry to high-quality studying sources and constant instructional requirements.
Minister of Training, Hon. Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, underscoredthe initiative as a transformative step towards reshaping the academic framework of St. Kitts and Nevis and the broader OECS area.
“The D-OHPC is a daring assertion that signifies the readiness of our Federation to embrace innovation, fairness, and excellence in studying. It displays our shared dedication to arrange each youngster for a future that calls for creativity, vital considering, and flexibility. It aligns with our enhanced curriculum and introduces: a harmonized, culturally related curriculum, digital instruments and AI-powered planners to help lecturers in lesson planning and evaluation, inclusive studying environments, making certain that our kids’s wants are met no matter skill, and blended studying choices, each on-line and offline, to beat connectivity challenges. That is greater than an improve, it’s a transformation of how we train, how college students study, and the way we collaborate as a area.
Director, Curriculum Improvement Unit, Mrs. Amanda Serrant-Edmeade, mirrored on the Federation’s journey to replace its instructional packages, which started in 2018 by nationwide stakeholder consultations. She famous that the initiative established guiding paperwork for key topics targeted on equity, accessibility, and fashionable expertise important to success.
“These frameworks are extra than simply tutorial blueprints—they mirror our dedication to inclusivity, fairness, and the nurturing of Twenty first-century competencies equivalent to vital considering, collaboration, creativity, and technological literacy, amongst others, expertise important for thriving in our international setting. This hub is not only a device—it’s a image of our dedication to innovation, fairness, and excellence in studying.”
The D-OHPC is a part of the OECS Training Sector Technique, which envisions “Each Learner Succeeding.” It displays a unified regional effort to modernize instructing practices and prepares college students to thrive in an more and more digital world.
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