Tourism added to CAPE subjects list, Barbados education minister happy

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

The acting Minister of Education in Barbados, Senator Harry Husbands, has welcomed the addition of tourism as a new CAPE subject, added by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).



The Acting Minister congratulated CXC for launching the Tourism subject during a ceremony on Friday, at the Accra Beach Hotel, noting that it showed the region was focusing on areas that were “acutely important to us” and in the new economy, offered “exciting employment opportunities” to young people.



Acknowledging that the new course is a good starting point in preparing students for careers in tourism, Husbands said with youth unemployment at crisis level, research indicated that they would have to be prepared to change jobs many times in their lives.



“If you are not so prepared life will pass you by. You are being prepared not only for jobs here at Accra [Beach Resort], Sandals or Sandy Lane [Hotel]. If you decide on a career in tourism remember that this is an international career,” he said.



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