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WORC is currently offering 10 scholarships for Caymanian job seekers to participate in certification courses at Inspire Cayman Training Centre in the three key areas of Construction, Watersports, and Heavy Equipment Operation.
Starting Friday, 24 Sept., all students over the age of 5, and all staff, must wear masks inside public and private schools.
Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly embarked on a three-day ministerial tour of some government schools on Grand Cayman in mid-May.
The future course of Cayman’s education system could be impacted greatly depending on the makeup of the new government and the identity of the next Minister of Education.
Should the education system be governed by a regulatory body instead of the ministry? How about a single ‘education czar’? Should every Caymanian receive universal free education from preschool to college? What about merging Cayman’s local universities?
Bodden Town West incumbent Chris Saunders said there is a harmful misperception of public schools among the business community, while challenger Vincent Frederick said public schools’ failures are real and deeply rooted.
Talking about ‘creating a pathway to lifelong learning’, Saunders says Cayman’s learning model is wrong, and the education system needs less involvement from government and businesses, and more from parents. He says UCCI should be free to all Caymanians, and there should be night classes for Caymanians to obtain high school diplomas.