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Joanna Clark Primary School leadership and staff had excellent attitudes and communication. However, COVID-19 has taken a toll on educators and diminished student achievement.
National guidelines on COVID testing for students were not released Thursday, as Health Minister Sabrina Turner had said.
Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly embarked on a three-day ministerial tour of some government schools on Grand Cayman in mid-May.
How prepared a student is for high school could depend on which public primary school they attend.
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?
Red Bay Primary School won the 2021 Inter-Primary Schools Sports Meet ahead of 19 other schools.
Grand Cayman’s public secondary schools are at more than 90% of their maximum capacity, meaning that they could accommodate fewer than 200 additional students who wish to enrol.
The four candidates for the Newlands district expressed different views on potential changes to the governance structure of the Cayman Islands education system, but all agreed they would not support shutting down a school, even if it consistently fails to meet national standards.
The three candidates vying for the open seat in the Savannah district discussed the local Joanna Clarke Primary School, special education and gaps between public and private schools.
Despite significant government spending on education, Panton says student attainment levels remain unsatisfactory. He says the quality of learning needs to be increased in public schools. He proposes giving more support to teachers, and rewarding better-performing educators.