The government will install fully equipped music production studios in a number of secondary schools and introduce a national student festival to create clear career pathways into the global entertainment industry, as the education minister joined a soca star to launch a new curriculum drive.

Minister of Education Transformation Chad Blackman and soca queen Alison Hinds met with artists on Wednesday to launch the initiative, which aims to build direct career pathways into the global entertainment industry and bring creative arts into the national curriculum. As part of the first phase, fully equipped music production studios are to be built in several secondary schools.

“We believe, and we’re gonna do it, that in the number of secondary schools in the first phase, we’re gonna have music studios where students can learn to produce beats,” Blackman said.