The Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams met with the Director General of the Organization of Easter Caribbean States OECS at her Cabinet on Monday. The PM and Mr. Jules, who was here as the keynote speaker at the recently held Governor’s Symposium on Education and Democracy, discussed various items including St. Maarten’s role in the Caribbean Region and also discussed education cooperation within the region.
Dr. Jules is a St. Lucian educator who was a principal actor in the National Literacy Campaign in Grenada during the revolution of 1979 and later served simultaneously as Chief Education Officer and Permanent Secretary for Education, Youth, Culture, Women & Social Affairs in Grenada. He serves on the International Journal of African and African American Studies Editorial Group.
DR. Jules also served to establish mass literacy programs in St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent and other parts of the Caribbean and has worked internationally with multilateral agencies such as CIDA, the World Bank, SIDA and assisted the African National Congress in developing adult education programs for its cadres.
Dr. Jules served as Permanent Secretary for Education & Human Resource Development in the Ministry of Education, HRD, Youth & Sports in St. Lucia from 1997-2004. He has been the Director General of the OECS since the beginning of this year.
