Administrative Team  

Ministry of Education

Senior Managers see listing below:

Hon. Carl W. Bethel, M.P

Minister of Education, Youth, Sports & Culture

Mrs.  Elma Garraway 

Permanent Secretary

Mr.   Lionel Sands 

Actg. Director of Education

Dr.   Leon L. Higgs

Director of Higher Education & Lifelong Learning

Ms.   Sherrylee Smith 

Under Secretary (Policy & Development)

Mrs.  Lenora Archer 

Deputy Director of Ed (Curriculum  & Instruction)

Mrs.  Patricia Collins 

Deputy Director of Ed  (Professional Development)

Mr.   Reginald Saunders 

Administrator  (Scholarship & Loan Division)

Mrs.  Cynthia Gibbs 

Deputy Permanent Secretary  (Human Resources Division, Department)

Mrs.  Shandles Barry 

Financial Controller

Mr.   R. Joshua Smith 

National Coordinator

Mrs.  Paula Sweeting 

Assistant Director of Ed
(Higher Ed.& Quality Assurance Section)

Mrs.  Carnetta Ferguson 

Assistant Director of Ed
(Special Ed & PreSchool Section)

Ms.   Olly Mae Knowles 

Assistant Director of Ed (Special Services Section)

Mrs.  Edith Roach 

Assistant Director of Ed (Technical & Vocational Section)

Mrs.  Marie Taylor 

Assistant Director of Ed (Learning Resources Section)

Mr.   McDonald Rolle 

Assistant Director of Ed (Complaints Desk)

Mrs.  Demaris Thompson 

Assistant Director of Ed  (Freeport)

Mrs.  Mary Cooper 

Assistant  Director of Ed  (Freeport)

Mr.   Kingsley Black 

Assistant Director of Ed (National Ed Conference)

Mr.   Ivan McPhee 

District Superintendent (MICAL)

Mr.   Rudolph Smith 

District Superintendent (Eleuthera)

Mr.   Joel Lewis 

District Superintendent (Exuma)

Mrs.  Lenora Black

District superintendent (Abaco District)

Mr.   Hezekiah Dean

District Superintendent (East & West Grand Bahama)

Mrs.  Sandra Edgecombe

District Superintendent (Freeport City)

Mr.   Basil McHardy

District Superintendent (Long Island)

Mr.   Harcourt Davis

District Superintendent (North Andros)

Mrs.  Beverly Thacker

District Superintendent  (Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador)

Mrs.  Paula Adderley

District Superintendent (South Andros)

Mr.   Ross Smith

District Superintendent (North Eastern District)

Mrs.  Olga Richards

District Superintendent (South Western District)

Mr.   Willard Barr

District Superintendent (South Eastern District)

Mr.   Marcellus Taylor

Director of Educational Planning

Ms.   Serethea Clarke

Acting Assistant Director of Ed (Exams & Assessment)

Mr.   Hamblin Newbold

Acting Assistant Director of Ed (Science & Technology)

Mr.   Garth Johnson

Director of Security

Mr.   Haldane Chase

Consultant  (International Relations Unit)

Mrs.  Janice Knowles

Senior Education Officer (Career Path Unit)

Mr.   William Rahming

Senior Education Officer (Special Projects Unit)

Mrs.  Arnette Dorsett

Senior Education Officer  (National Literacy Programme)

Mrs.  Dorcas Bowler

Education Officer (Bahamas Library Services)

Mrs.  Evie Rolle

Senior Education Officer (Lower Primary Unit)

Mrs. Isadelle Howells

First Assistant Secretary (Information Management)

Mr.   Ralph Bowe

First Assistant Secretary  (Minister’s Office)

Mr.   Coleman Andrews

First Assistant Secretary  (Physical Plant)

Mrs.  Betty Sutherland Brown

First Assistant Secretary (Human Resources Section, Department)

Mrs.  Marie Richardson Darling 

Finance Officer  (Accounts,  Department  )

Mr.   Arthur Maycock

Chief Supplies Officer

Mr.   Daniel Robinson

Senior School Maintenance Officer (School Maintenance)

 

 
   
 
 

Minister of Education, The Hon. Carl Bethel and Permanent Secretary, Elma Garraway, meet with Chicago students exploring tertiary studies in The Bahamas.

 

Minister of Education expressed pride in newest group of graduates from the University of the West Indies Bahamas Programme.

 

Minister of Education, The Hon. Carl Bethel  and Senior Education Officials meet with members of the Coalition for Education Reform.

 

Minister of Education, The Hon. Carl Bethel and Food and Agricultural representative, Dr. Dunstan Campbell (left) and Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources (right) at the contract signing for Primary Schools’ Garden Expansion Programme.