COVID-19
COVID-19 update: The pandemic’s effect on education in Cayman and elsewhere
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Compared to our regional neighbours, the Cayman Islands has had far smoother sailing in keeping the education system functioning throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cayman Education News
Online activity tracked on public school-issued laptops
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Software installed on thousands of laptops issued to public school students tracks online activity and attempts to restrict explicit content in search results, whether the devices are on campus or connected to the internet elsewhere.
analysis
Public school enrolment and capacity, updated for Fall 2021
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We’ve updated our earlier analysis of public school enrolment and capacity to reflect September 2021 student numbers.
Cayman Education News
Analysis: Public school enrolment flat
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The number of students enrolled in Cayman Islands government schools for the 2021/22 school year is essentially the same as it was last year.
2020 compendium of statistics
Analysis: Private schools fuel student concentration in George Town
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A major contributor to morning traffic gridlock is the daily crunch as parents deliver their children to schools in the capital district.
inspection
Tiffany’s Preschool improves in most areas, now rated ‘Satisfactory’
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Posting better ratings in most areas since its last full inspection, Tiffany’s Preschool improved its overall grade to ‘Satisfactory’.
analysis
Education plans: PACT versus Progressives
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It appears that the PACT does not plan to take education in a dramatically different direction than the Progressives. However, the PACT SPS does propose many additional — and ambitious — programmes not contained in the Progressives Manifesto.
Cayman Education News
Analysis: How transparent is the Cayman education system?
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Cayman publishes far more data on local schools than nearly all of our regional peers, but far less than first-world nations such as the UK and US.
COVID-19
COVID-19 update: The pandemic’s effect on education in Cayman and elsewhere
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The past school year has been more ‘normal’ in Cayman than in neighbouring jurisdictions where COVID-19 is present.
Cayman Education News
What’s the value of a Cayman Islands high school diploma?
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Last year nearly half of graduates received a diploma that the government considers to be equivalent to a ‘middle school’ qualification — and that can be obtained by scoring ‘straight Fs’ on external exams.