Education & Skills: Bahamas BGCSE results show a slight overall pass-rate rise, but math remains the big worry: an A-to-D pass rate of 33.3% (down from 2025) and a 14.1% drop in A-to-D passes, with bookkeeping also under 50%. Officials say a ministry study points to student and teacher anxiety plus gaps in teacher support, and they’re now working on fixes. STEM Youth Pipeline: Wenty Ford Sports Foundation’s Winners’ Camp (ages 7–14) blended faith, academics, STEAM and sports, including a hurricane-resilient home design challenge and 3D printing/coding exposure for older campers. Local Career Exposure: BRON Academy (26 Bahamians, grades 9 to recent grads) gave hands-on insight into engineering, architecture, environmental science and island development, including a “mini BRON” inter-island bridge concept project. Sustainable Innovation: BAMSI alumnus Aaron John’s coffee-pulp biodegradable packaging venture, Bereka BioPacks, advanced to semifinalist status at EARTH University’s Sustainability Prize Program. Data & AI Readiness: Bahamas Data Protection Commissioner Michael Wright urged the country to avoid AI fear and instead build skills for AI, cybersecurity and data protection. Energy Reliability: The Bahamas Chamber says prolonged BPL power outages are “downright unacceptably disruptive” for businesses, forcing closures and overtime/generator repair costs. Tropical Watch: The Atlantic has two disturbances with 50% seven-day development odds; one is Invest 95L southeast of Bermuda and is not expected to impact land.