The Federal Ministry of Education was informed this week that a grant of US$90,000 will be deployed to St. Kitts and Nevis to enable the Ministry to develop an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Framework for the Federation’s education sector, as part of spearheading technical assistance initiatives being pursued with UNESCO.

Funding is to be provided under the Japan-fund-in-trust for allocation to St. Kitts and Nevis to complete this project.

The Cape Verde Islands and St. Kitts and Nevis are the only two Small Island Developing States (SIDS) selected for UNESCO technical assistance in the context of ESD for 2030. Both were identified as potential champions in the quest to adopt education for sustainable development.

Based on the quality of St. Kitts and Nevis’ ESD initiative plan submitted last year by Senior Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Education, UNESCO – Dr. Tricia Esdaille with the aid of the Japan-fund-in-trust, decided to favourably consider further technical assistance to Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to implement the ESD project.