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Following Thursday’s confirmation of two positive COVID cases in the Cayman Islands community, schools emphasised existing health procedures but also took steps to limit crowds of students indoors.
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 Sun was declared the winner of the Theoline L. McCoy Primary School Sports Day over competing houses Sea and Sand.
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The Cayman Islands Government has extended bids for the new assembly hall at Theoline L. McCoy Primary School until 9 Feb.