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OAS Secretary General Meets with Bahamas’s Minister of Education

  May 31, 2011

OAS Secretary General Meets with Bahamas’s Minister of Education
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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met today with the Minister of Education of Bahamas, Desmond Bannister, with whom he shared perspectives on the challenges in the area of education and the support the hemispheric Organization offers students in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Also present at the meeting, held in the office of Secretary General Insulza in Washington, DC, were the Permanent Representative of Bahamas to the OAS, Ambassador Cornelius Smith, and the Director of the OAS Department of Human Development, Education and Culture, Marie Levens.

In particular, those present talked about the OAS scholarship program, which supports students from the member countries in developing their abilities, and has especially benefitted the countries of the Caribbean, including Bahamas. Other issues addressed were the challenges in the area of education that can be faced through mutual collaboration, such as making improvements in education for handicapped students and at the preschool level.

Reference: FNE-5449