ECCB 2023-2024 Annual Report

EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2023 - 2024

ECCB Sponsors STEM Camps Targeting 4 th and 5 th Industry Revolution Skills

It is recognised that the present formal education system in the ECCU provides primary and secondary school students limited or no access to coding, programming, generative AI, robotics and other foundational fourth and fifth industrial revolution (4IR and 5IR) skills. Guided by the view that “together we can achieve more” in 2023, the ECCB began collaborating with Ministries of Education, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teachers and Caribbean technology service providers to support Summer STEM Camps focused on 4 th and 5 th Industrial Revolution skills for secondary school students. Those skills are required for the region to achieve Sustainable Development Goals related to quality education (SDG 4). The ECCB’s goal is to advance technology education, to facilitate future imaginative and innovative technology workers, thereby ensure the delivery of a workforce that is fit for the future of work.

In 2023, almost 400 high school students across the eight ECCB member countries attended camps in robotics, App and web development hosted by the St Kitts and Nevis Robotics Association, Orbtronics, Create Caribbean and Innovate My World.

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