Three of this country’s tertiary institutions are to be merged over the next four years to form the long-proposed University College of Barbados.

This has been announced by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley as she outlined to Parliament the next stage of the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation plan which runs to 2027.

Speaking on the topic of education and skills training, Ms. Mottley also again addressed the issue of the controversial IDB schools survey.

She promised the establishment of an ethics review framework at the Ministry of Education.

Voice of: Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley