Akil Daley is a distinguished graduate of Wesley Hall Infants and Junior School. He was a Wesley Hall school choir member, a Cub Scout Sixer, a school band, and a table tennis team member.
He then graduated from Christ Church Foundation, where he crafted many more sporting and intellectual talents. He represented the Foundation in cricket, lawn tennis, basketball, and debating. After achieving 7 CXC’s he graduated from the Barbados Community College, where he achieved an associate degree in political science and law. He served as President of the Political Science Association and the Debating team. He was awarded best rebutter in a debating competition in 2001 and best overall debater in 2002. He also was awarded the most improved 2nd-year Political Science student. He led a delegation to a model United Nation’s Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2001, where he successfully passed a resolution in the general assembly.
Akil has been Vice President of the Barbados Labour Party’s League of Young Socialist from 2009 to 2013. From the tender age of eighteen, he was selected as a platform speaker in the 2003 general election campaign of Dame Billie Miller. He also was a platform speaker for Mr. Rudy Grant during the 2008 general election campaign. Despite suffering a severe nerve injury in a near-tragic motorcycle accident, which resulted in Akil being unable to use his left hand, Akil played a pivotal role in the 2010 bi-election campaign in the parish of St. John. As a result of his perseverance, Akil received the Young Socialists Award at the Barbados Labour Party’s 2010 Annual conference. The following year, he received the Barbados Labour Party’s Youth Award, which is distinguished as the party’s highest youth honour. During the 2013 general election campaign, he was responsible for coordinating the BLP St. Michael West youth campaign team and served as platform speaker for Reverend Joseph Atherley.
Akil coordinated the largest youth group in Barbados called “The Flame” every Friday night at Thankful Family Church, where he ministered to over 100 of our nation’s youth for two years.
Akil Daley is the Director of the National Peace Program, the brainchild of the Minister of State in the Office of the Attorney General, Hon. Corey Lane.
Former Teacher at Queens College; Tutor at Barbados Community College; Training Manager Barbados Shipping and Trading Co.; Director of Human Resources
Previous Chairmanship of Erdiston Teachers Training College, Barbados Vocational Training Board and Barbados Accreditation Council
Community Involvement: Former Drama and Verse Speaking Co-coordinator of National Independence Festival of Creative Arts; Former member of Barbados Dance Theatre
Former British Foreign Service Officer and Advertising Executive; Joined Super Centre Ltd as Marketing Manager in 1985 and Driving Force for Many Enterprising Initiatives Including Conceptualization of Long Running “Run For Your Money” TV Programme. Appointed Marketing Director of The Company in 1993 and Managing Director in 2001 a post he held until retirement in 2013
Has served on number of Boards; NCD Commission, National Initiative of Service Excellence; Senior VP Barbados Chamber of Commerce; The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados; Massy Foundation and Barbados Sugar Industry
Ministry of Education, ECCE Division in 2004 as an ECCE Curriculum Programme Facilitator Promoted to ECCE Curriculum Programme Coordinator and then Assistant Manager, ECCE in the School Supervision and Management Division, Ministry of Education
Tertiary Level Experience Began in 2010 Offered a Part Time Position as instructor and supervisor at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad
Currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad & Tobago, Centre for Education Programs
Currently: Deputy Chair of the Barbados Child Care Board and Director on the Board of Optimist International
Served as an Independent Senator in the Parliament of Barbados
Worked in field of HIV/AIDS in both Government and NGO sectors between 1987 and 2008 during which time chaired National Advisory Committee on AIDS and subsequently the National AIDS Commission
Served on numerous Boards, locally, regionally and internationally, including Chair of Board of Global Fund against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Professional Photography & Promoter of the Technological L.EX.A. and Chantal Fontaine Schools with Three Artistic Careers, Photography & Audiovisual Techniques, Image & Communication Consulting, & Acting & Cultural Management With Technologist Degrees Since 2003
Member - Board of the Sathya Sai School of Bahia de Caraquez
Director - Sathya Sai Program For Education In Human Values-Ecuador Since 2010
Member of the National Board of Education with Values Since Its Creation in 2018
International speaker in Diplomas and Forums, Meetings of Human Values
Faculty, Institute of Sathya Sai Education-USA (ISSE-USA)
Director of Research and Development for the (University of) South Dakota Center for Disabilities Special Education; Experience Includes the Application of a Broad Range of Quantitative and Qualitative/Experimental and Non-Experimental Research Methods
Professional Interests Include the Systematic Implementation of Self-Determination Strategies For Youth & Adults with Disabilities; Collaborative Leadership with Focus on How Leaders & Educators Exemplify Personal & Organizational Values in Action in Collaboration with Stakeholders They Work With to Achieve Stakeholder Driven Outcomes; Increasing the Engagement of Youth Leaders as a Career Pathway for Local Schools and by State Agencies; and the Application of Human Values in Education, Teacher Preparation, and Professional Development.
Lecturer And Researcher In Teacher Education, Curriculum And Pedagogy
Member, International Education Committee Of Sathya Sai Education
Responsible for a Series of Projects to Introduce and Develop SSEHV in Primary Schools in Mainland China, Supported by the ISSE(Hong Kong) since 2003
Has written articles about SSEHV for mainstream teachers & books published by the ISSE(Hong Kong): To Teach Not to Punish: A Human Values Approach to Classroom Discipline (with Anita Devi); Teacher Survival: A Practical Human Values Approach to Professional Fulfilment and Happiness & Education in Human Values Through Mathematics: Mathematics Through Education in Human Values
Currently Conducting Research Investigations into Impacts of SSEHV on Teachers’ Wellbeing & Factors That Influence Teachers’ Adoption of SSEHV in Their Teaching
Former Chief of Psychology Department of Gabon University
Served As National SSEHV Coordinator in Gabon, Africa – 20 years Coordinator, Institute Sathya Sai D’education Aux Valeurs Humaines, University Campus, Libreville, Gabon
Arranged a program of Human Values & Character for Students’ Courses in School and College to Help Pupils Who Have Scholars’ Difficulty (1984-2017)
Lecturer of Human Values, Personal Development and Leadership at Institute of Finance and High-Level School of Engineering, Libreville, Gabon
Medical Director- Department of Pediatrics, NorthShore Health Center, NW Indiana, USA. Practicing Medicine for 29yrs Certified in CBT ( Cognitive & Behavior Therapy)
Faculty and Coordinator of National Medical Programs Institute of Sathya Sai Education-USA (ISSE-USA)
Coordinator, International SSEHV E.A.S.E. Program
Conducted Many SSEHV Workshopsin the Health Care System. Introducing a Human Values Based Medical System, Value Based Medical Education
SSEHV Workshops for Schools & Organizations for Youth on Health-Related Topics
2007 Named Nigerian Chief Omowale (Our Son Has Returned)
2012 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters degree by University WI Cave Hill
2019 Received Top Honour from Government of Barbados His Excellency The Most Honourable Anthony Carter
Won Calypso Monarch title in 1985, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2010
First success as a calypsonian in 1968, "Heart Transplant" & then 1969 with "Family Planning", then
Also Concentrated on Acting Joining Barbados Theater Workshop and Composing Much of Music for Its Play Under the Duppy Parasol, Which Had Successful Run in New York; Also Performed in Many Local Productions Including Jeannette Layne-Clark’s Pampalam and Represented Barbados Internationally
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering; MDiv - Master of Divinity; MA - Sacred Scripture
Monday December 28, 2020, Pope Francis announced appointment as new Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgetown; first local Bishop of the Catholic Church in Barbados; was ordained Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgetown on June 11, 2021 at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Cathedral.
Director and Facilitator of the Sathya Sai Institute of Colombia since 2004
Member of the Board of Directors in Several Educational Entities In Colombia and Currently the Sathya Sai College Of Human Values Funza Colombia
Lead the creation of the Colegio Hogar Nueva Granada in Colombia
Facilitator for More Than 18 Years in Courses of Human Values in Colombia, Perú, Venezuela, Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Mexico
Facilitator of Workshops on Human Values In Different Communities with Sexually Abused Children, Adolescents Abandoned by Their Parents, Sex Workers and Parenting
Director, Institute Sathya Sai Education (ISSE-USA)
Faculty and Coordinator of National SSEHV School Programs
Coordinator/Facilitator of SSEHV Parenting Program
Founder/Director, SSEHV Partnership Schools, Texas
Over 25+ Years Of Teaching Experience
20 + Years of Implementing SSEHV in the Partnership Schools
Montessori School Accreditation Consultant
Member Of Montessori Model United Nations Division Of Youth For A Better World
(Special Consulate With United Nations ECOSOC)
BA and MA in Educational Administration from University of West Indies, Mona; Diploma in Secondary Education
High School Principal, and has Served as Classroom Teacher
Adjunct Lecturer in Educational Administration at HEART VTDI (Mandeville) and International University of Caribbean (Falmouth)
Numerous Accolades, including LASCO Principal of the Year Award, Jamaica Teaching Council Excellent Teacher Award; Carlong Publishers/Ministry of Education Excellent Teacher Awards and R.C. Tavares award for Service to Jamaica Teachers’ Association
Over 14 years of national and international experience as a technical adviser and project manager in in the education and training sector with a strong record of accomplishment in strategic and effective advocacy, planning and formulation of education programs/projects and the achievement of sustainable results to improve learning outcomes and equitable, inclusive, and universal access to education in normal country context during and after emergencies.
In recent past through application of systemic approach Mr. Shah has supported Ministries of Education in development and delivery of education through blended approach leading to digital transformation of education delivery in the context of COVID19 and other emergency situations. The approach includes development of digital curriculum-based contents, connectivity, digital public goods and teacher training to delivery through blended approach.
He currently serves as the Chief Education for UNICEF's East Caribbean area office.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office - has responsibilities for culture sustainable development, performance management (Commitment for Results), National Training Initiative, climate finance and shadows the Prime Minister on issues of CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
Experienced management specialist with a demonstrated history of working in non-profit social development sector.
Skilled in Project Management, Policy Analysis, Research Design, and Strategic Planning
International trade specialist with a Master of Science (MSc) focused on International Trade Policy from UWI Cave Hill
Prior to joining Cabinet of Barbados, was Chief Executive Officer of Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority and the Director of SMK Associates which specializes in policy analysis and development, training, workshop facilitation, project management and evaluation
Has written about and managed projects addressing climate change mitigation
Educator with 35 years’ experience - A Principal since 2010
Current President of Barbados Association of Principals of Public Secondary Schools (BAPPSS)
Former President of Caribbean Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (CAPSS) Which Culminated with Barbados Hosting Organization’s 29th Biennial Conference under Theme “Resilience in Education”; Assisted with CARICOMS Work in Improving Teacher Efficiency Through Establishment of Teaching Councils
Participated in Group of Stakeholders that Assisted Ministry of Education in Developing Reform Proposals and Serves on Education Transformation Sub-Committee Reviewing the Legislative Framework of Education
Served on the National Advisory Committee on Education NACE Subcommittee on School Improvement
Invited to work with Erdiston on Development of Values Education
• Host of Highly Acclaimed Mornin' Barbados TV Show
• Producer/Presenter for Television, Radio, and Digital Media; Former Radio Announcer; Passion Lies in Realm Of Media and Communications,
• Has Served as Spokesperson for Regional HIV/AIDS 'Live Up' Campaign and actively participated as member of the World AIDS Society
• Ambassador for Caribbean Policy Development Centre's Global Equality Women in Media Initiative
• Unwavering commitment to craft, coupled with dedication to social causes and community service
