Press Release
Elroy Bryan Appointed as Deputy Director in the Department of Education Services (DES)
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Elroy Bryan has been appointed Deputy Director of Education in the Department of Education Services.
Cayman Current (https://www.caymancurrent.org/tag/ministry-of-education/)
Elroy Bryan has been appointed Deputy Director of Education in the Department of Education Services.
Continued investment in technology to enhance teaching and learning government was one of the plans outlined by the Minister for Education Juliana O’Connor-Connolly at the Annual Education Professionals’ Welcome Back Event.
The Ministry of Education hosted a reception at the Cayman Marriott Beach Resort for the 133 scholars who have been granted an Education Council Overseas Scholarship for Fall 2022.
Local tertiary institutions will accept students without CXC results yet, based on recommendations from their schools.
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.
DES advises parents and guardians that standard student registration is now closed for the 2022/2023 academic year. Late registrations will be accepted in July and August.
ECAP funding is being extended to the months of July and August for children who were approved for the 2021/2022 school year.
More than a year since law enforcement began looking into reports of alleged misconduct toward students at Red Bay Primary School, “The investigation is still ongoing.” In the meanwhile, Ryan Dale has been serving as acting principal in place of longtime principal Vickie Frederick.
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.