Twenty-nine Caribbean teachers benefit from Spanish training programme

Seated from left: Director of Foreign Policy and Community Relations in the Caricom Secretariat Valerie Alleyne-Odle, Mexican Ambassador Ivan Sierra, Professor Elin Emilsson and Dr Victoria Villasenor are flanked by the participants of the Spanish as a second language programme.

Twenty-nine teachers from across the Caribbean on Friday completed the Spanish as a second language workshop which was facilitated by Caricom and the Mexican government.

The training is part of the VI Mexico-Caricom Cooperation Programme 2014-15 which facilitates social development and is geared at improving the teaching of Spanish among the member states of the Caribbean Community. The intermediate training course lasted for a period of two weeks, beginning on December 7, and saw the participation of teachers from 12 countries across the Caribbean.

The training was conducted by Professor Elin Emilsson and Dr Victoria Villasenor of Mexico’s National Pedagogic University.