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BVTB's student complement down 50 per cent due to pandemic - Barbados Today

The student complement of the Barbados Vocational Training Board (BVTB) has been reduced by 50 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking during the Board’s Virtual Graduation class 2019-2020, themed Change Call for Innovation, the Way Forward, Director of the BVTB Henderson Thompson said while the first semester commenced with 527 students enrolled in […]

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