A five-year partnership aimed at transforming education and workforce development in Barbados was cemented on Thursday between the National Transformation Initiative (NTI), the Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity (BIMAP) and American for-profit online learning platform Coursera.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalises a relationship that has already helped thousands of Barbadians access online training and certification opportunities since the NTI and Coursera partnership was launched on May 1, 2021.

Director of the NTI, Dr Allyson Leacock, said BIMAP was the first institution to embrace the initiative by integrating Coursera content into its programmes.