Cayman Current (https://www.caymancurrent.org/tag/rolston-anglin/)
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.
A lack of space is often cited as the reason for the segregation of Cayman’s public schools. However, no non-Caymanian child was turned away from public school this past year due to overcrowding.
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?
Incumbent Bernie Bush said higher education should be free for Caymanians, while challenger Rolston Anglin said Caymanians at overseas universities should have jobs lined up before they return to the Cayman Islands.
Former Education Minister Anglin discusses an expansion of CIFEC’s technical and vocational offerings, and the challenge of attempting to integrate non-Caymanians into the public school system.