Antigua To Put Wi-Fi in High Schools
Secondary schools across Antigua and Barbuda will get campus-wide Wi-Fi internet as part of the government’s Technology for Education 20/20 Initiative.
As part of the programme, LIME will install Wi-Fi access points on all public and private secondary school compounds.
On Monday, representatives from the Ministry of Information and Lime Antigua Ltd held a meeting with school principals to discuss the rollout of the plan.
“I am very convinced, having spent a lot of time studying this, that having students and staff across the Internet can be a great equalizer in an increasingly competitive world,” said Information Minister Dr Edmond Mansoor. “We want to stay competitive … and any child starting from grade 1 who is not on the Internet is at a serious disadvantage.”
At this stage, the pilot project will begin at the Baptist Academy of Antigua and may begin next week.
Antigua To Put Wi-Fi in High Schools courtesy of caribjournal.com
First Sleep School Opens In Grenada In The Caribbean
I’m not alone in having trouble sleeping. When stress levels are sky-high, technology has us on call 24/7 and working parents struggle to fit everything into their day, it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t.
Unsurprisingly, 75 per cent of the workforce gets less than the recommended eight hours of sleep a night, according to a study by the Mental Health Foundation. Most of us will experience transient insomnia (a short bout of disturbed sleep lasting less than a week or two) at some point in our lives, caused by anything from stress, pregnancy or bereavement – or a chemical, such as excess alcohol. But when it becomes difficult to initiate or maintain sleep for two to four weeks, this is defined as acute insomnia.
‘How you behave in response to sleep determines your ability to sleep,’ says insomnia specialist Dr Guy Meadows. ‘Ask a normal sleeper what they do to sleep and they will say “nothing”. Ask an insomniac and they will give you a long list, including warm milk, hot baths and lavender on the pillow.’
Meadows, who thinks the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach to sleep problems isn’t working, is pioneering a new technique called acceptance and commitment therapy. ‘My approach to insomnia combines a sense of increased awareness, acceptance and a non- judgmental attitude,’ he says. ‘It’s about accepting then letting go of your insomnia in order to allow your brain’s natural ability to sleep to emerge by itself.’
Meadows runs a practice in Britain and has just launched Sleep School in the Caribbean (www.thesleepschool.org). My first thought was: ‘Why do I need to go halfway around the world to learn how to sleep?’ But when you add up the things we might do to relax and get a better night’s sleep – a massage, yoga and exercise classes, and possibly a sleep workshop – then factor in the cost of a week away, that cost soon adds up. Which is why the idea of Meadows’s Sleep School at a well-being retreat makes sense.
The Sleep School is run at the luxury holistic resort of La Source in Grenada – where it’s free to guests. The hotel’s philosophy is geared around wellbeing and relaxation, and guests can enjoy hourly activities and a free treatment each day.
‘What draws me to this type of holiday are the masterclasses,’ says Sally Lloyd, 35, a sales consultant from Maidenhead. ‘When I found out there was a Sleep School here it was a bonus as I suffer from transient insomnia.’
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