under the supervision of the Ministry of Education
Centre de documentation
The Documentation Centre of the National Commission holds about 4 000 publications. The Centre is administered by a Document Officer and is currently undergoing an upgrade in order to be able to offer a computerized catalogue system.
Structure de la Commission
The National Commission consists of the following bodies:
- The General Assembly
- The Executive Committee
- Six Sector Committees
- The Secretariat.
Membres/Composition
Composed of 30 members
Comité exécutif
Composed of 9 members, including the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson, the Chairpersons of the five Sector Committees, the Secretary General and an NGO representative. The Executive Committee meets regularly once a month.
Assemblée générale
Composed of 30 voting members representing the relevant Ministries (Education; Community Development; Culture and Gender Affairs; Foreign Affairs; Information; Planning; Housing and the Environment; Public Utilities; Science, Technology and Tertiary Education; Social Development; Sport and Youth Affairs), NGOs, universities; governmental and national institutions; ASPnet and UNESCO clubs; and one non-voting member in the person of the Secretary General. Appointed for a four-year term. The General Assembly meets quarterly.
Comités ou sous-comités
Six Programme Committees: 1) Education; 2) Natural Sciences; 3) Social and Human Sciences; 4) Culture; 5) Communication and Information; 6) Culture of Peace
Détails sur les sous-comités
Nombre de comités ou sous-comités
6
Périodicité
Once a month / as often as necessary
Thèmes des sous-comités
[X] Education
[X] Sciences
[X] Sciences sociales
[X] Culture
[X] Communication
[X] Autre
Coopération avec l’UNESCO et d'autres Commissions nationales
Vue d'ensemble
The National Commission collaborates with National Commissions of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region (Guyana, Haiti, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago) as well as with the Norwegian and the Swedish National Commissions. It also maintains good and regular working relations with the UNESCO Office in Jamaica.
Publications
Trinidad and Tobago National Commission for UNESCO Annual Report
Langue
English
Type
Rapport annuel
Médias
Imprimé
Périodicité
Annual
Répartition
Distributed to stakeholders within the Commission and the Ministry of Education and UNESCO Headquarters.
The Caribbean Sea, a Vital Resource - Report of Workshop Proceedings and Outpouts (1st UNESCO Associated Schools Caribbean Sea Project)
Langue
English
Type
Rapport
Médias
Imprimé
Périodicité
Punctual (July 1998)
Addressing Male Underperformance in the Education System
Langue
English
Type
Rapport
Médias
Imprimé
Périodicité
Punctual (November 1997)
Social Work Programme of the University of the West Indies in collaboration with the National Commission
