Education ministry launches early childhood programme, school initiatives

<a href="https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/09/07/education-ministry-launches-early-childhood-programme-school-initiatives/" title="Education ministry launches early childhood programme, school initiatives" rel="nofollow"><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-1024x683.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-300x200.jpg 300w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-768x512.jpg 768w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-600x400.jpg 600w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-585x390.jpg 585w, https://barbadostoday.bb/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Education-Transformation-Minister-Chad-Blackman-gives-high-fives-for-students-at-St-Marys-Primary-263x175.jpg 263w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><p>Universal access to early childhood education was launched across Barbados on Monday as education officials also advanced a specialised secondary-school academy and year-round refurbishment programme as the new school year&#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/09/07/education-ministry-launches-early-childhood-programme-school-initiatives/">Education ministry launches early childhood programme, school initiatives</a> appeared first on <a href="https://barbadostoday.bb">Barbados Today</a>.</p>