Following on from a visit to Morocco last year by Minister John Cortes, who is Minister with responsibility for developing relations with the Kingdom, this week has seen a visit from representatives of the Everest Primary School of Tangier. Manager of the School Mohamed Afkir and Proprietor Afkir Anas were in Gibraltar on a fact-finding and networking visit. 

Meetings were held with Prof Cortes as Minister for Education, as well as with the Director of Education Keri Scott and representatives from the Department. There was an extensive visit to St Mary’s Lower Primary School hosted by Head Teacher Jessica Sanguinetti and Deputy Head Chrisanne Fernandez. This was particularly relevant as the Everest School covers primary school children, although it is planning to expand to Secondary Education. There was a courtesy call on the University, where the visitors were shown round the facilities by Dr Elaine Lima and Christian Camilleri. 

Discussions during the visit to Gibraltar centered on training and continuous professional development, cooperation in English language teaching in Tangier, and sharing of experience in developing new schools.