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Cayman Islands schools have been trying to manage COVID-19 related absences and associated learning loss during this school year, with varying degrees of success.
Staff at CIFEC were attempting to address student learning gaps in advance of external exams, particularly in Mathematics. At the same time, they were focussed on supporting the mental wellness of students who were increasingly demonstrating anxiety.
We’ve updated our earlier analysis of public school enrolment and capacity to reflect September 2021 student numbers.
After nearly a decade leading CIFEC, Delores Thompson has stepped into a new role, focussed on a much younger demographic.
The official start date for CIFEC is Monday, 13 Sept.
The Department of Education Services has released the dates when government schools on all three islands will reopen for regularly enrolled students.
Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly embarked on a three-day ministerial tour of some government schools on Grand Cayman in mid-May.
Elaborating on education plans in the Progressives’ manifesto, McTaggart discusses a new governance model for education, a new high school curriculum, completing the new John Gray campus, reforming early years education, expanding TVET and more.
The Progressives and their allies are prioritising 3 goals related to education: Complete the new John Gray project, create a ‘skills strategy’ to ‘match future skills to future jobs’, and have every public school rated ‘Good’ or better.
Prospect candidates focussed their discussion on TVET programmes and how to get Caymanian students into trades that pay well and are in demand.