 Coming to you from our GIS Studios, I am Anicia Antoine and this is your Mayday News Brief. The Ministry of Education is hoping to change the educational landscape of St Lucia through art. The Ministry endorsed the Third Annual Art Conference for Teachers, which according to the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Kendall Cordra, was an opportunity to create and sustain the professional learning communities that must be developed so that the art programmes can be strengthened within all schools. Cordra is hopeful that the art programme would be expanded into printmaking, photography, computer art, sculpture and papier-mache. The Deputy Permanent Secretary also hopes that art will evolve to become integral to all overall teaching method within schools. St Lucia's carnival celebrations continued this past weekend with a number of activities including Groovy and Power Soka Monarch on Saturday. Rikitty retained his title as Power Soka Monarch King, whilst Sly Viet Vizin was crowned the new Groovy Soka Monarch King. The sub-plainfield came alive on Sunday as the children came out in their splendour to depict what carnival means to them. Grossly Junior Carnival Band emerged winners with the depiction of something fishy. The World Pediatric Project in collaboration with the Ministry of Health are conducting its second annual free scoliosis clinic on Island. The clinic will cater to all children aged 0 to 21 years. The clinic was held at the Victoria Hospital on Tuesday July 9th from 11am and will be held at the St Jude Hospital on Wednesday July 10th from 8am. Parents and guardians are asked to walk with the children's recent x-rays when attending the clinic. The Village of Canaries recently saw the implementation of two developmental initiatives, that is the rebranding of the ICT Access Centre to the Innovation and Career Development Centre and the launch of the Youth and Adult Literacy Programme, Yes I Can. The centres will not only focus on technology but also serve as a medium for citizens to obtain career guidance among other things. The Yes I Can programme is an initiative between the Government of St Lucia and the Government of Cuba. It is a literacy programme developed in Cuba that is a teaching method for adult education and has been implemented in many countries the world over. Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Honourable Dr Gil Rigabet, indicated that the launch and rebranding mark, the commencement of the implementation of a suite of initiatives, geared towards better equipping citizens to access opportunities for self advancement and economic independence. The official ceremony was held on Sunday July 7th 2019 at the Innovation and Career Development Centre in Canaries. This has been your media news brief. Thank you for watching.