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Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and other officials toured the canteen facility at UCCI as part of planning for the continued rollout of the school meals programme.
Education Council Scholarship recipients newly accepted to study in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom will receive one-time grants of $500 or $1,500 toward costs of obtaining visas.
ECAP funding is being extended to the months of July and August for children who were approved for the 2021/2022 school year.
Ministry of Education Chief Officer Cetonya Cacho is taking a new role within the Office of the Deputy Governor. Deputy Chief Officer Lyneth Monteith will become acting Chief Officer of Education.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to ‘learning loss’ among Cayman Islands students, and local schools are still trying to close gaps in academic progress.
The Ministry of Education implemented a new policy on Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) at the beginning of this school year, applying to both public and private schools in the Cayman Islands.
The Cayman government still intends to establish Nursery classes in all public primary schools, starting in Grand Cayman with Red Bay Primary School.
The COVID pandemic has delayed the full implementation of the new Cayman Islands National Curriculum at the secondary school level until 2023.
Younger public primary school students will be given free swimming lessons as part of their PE curriculum, thanks to a public-private partnership and a mobile swimming pool.
During this sitting of Parliament, the Progressives are seeking information on several items related to education, including the national curriculum, early years education, special education needs, and student ‘learning loss’ related to COVID-19.