PACT commits over $200M per year for education

| 09/12/2021 | 114 Comments
John Gray High School campus

(CNS): The education ministry accounts for more than 20% of the entire annual budget for 2022, as government has committed over $200 million for education, including scholarships and spending on school buildings, which is the largest amount for any single ministry. Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly said education was the paramount consideration in the development of the country and there had to be a “conspicuous absence of politics”.

During the budget debate last week, the minister welcomed the support for this budget, not just from PACT but from the opposition as well. Outlining where she will be spending the cash, she spoke about the capital projects and a plan to put an assistant teacher in every primary school classroom up to Year 9, contributing to the hefty budget.

During Finance Committee, O’Connor-Connolly said that more students with special needs were being identified as they enter the system, and while there are a sufficient number of SEN staff, having assistant teachers will go a long way towards helping classroom teachers better manage all of the children’s learning needs.

The minister said there were a variety of reasons for this apparent increase in children with special needs and it was not a static situation, however having more teaching support in classrooms would help achieve the policy of no child being left behind.

In 2022, government will spend over $33.3 million on providing primary education, almost $33.5 million on secondary school provision and another $11.6 million on special needs students.

The ministry will also be spending almost CI$7.5 million on the landmark new free public school meals programme that is expected to make a radical difference for families in need and ensure that children are properly fed with the provision of breakfast, snack and lunch every weekday.

The decision to provide for all children has been supported across the political divide in order to prevent the indignity and stigma of means testing.

Meanwhile, CI$45.3 million will be spent on education-related capital projects next year, including finishing the John Gray High School, which will be ready for students next year. Government also plans to expand the Lighthouse School, and build a new classroom block for Red Bay Primary and another school building for the Layman Scott High School on Cayman Brac.

O’Connor-Connolly also revealed plans to introduce a nursery facility for three-year-olds at every government primary school.

The education minister spoke about how the considerable investment in education is beginning to pay off, with the improvement in school inspection reports and exam results, better behaviour in schools and more students going on to further education, benefiting from the generous scholarship provision.

She said she would continue to eliminate any barriers that emerge to providing the country’s children with the best possible education.

But the minister also appealed to parents, pointing out that the schools only have their children for one third of the day. Given the investment government has made in students and teachers, parents must play their part, too, by committing time to their own children, she said.


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  1. Anonymous says:

    Just another way for CIG to spend its money on itself again.

  2. Anonymous says:

    What are they going to do? Buy a shitload of zoom licenses so students can conference in?

  3. Anonymous says:

    Unbelievable! 70% of teachers should not be anywhere near a classroom and put themselves, their family and the church above the kids. Apart from a few individuals, the Ministry and DES leadership are made up of failed teachers and Principals that surround themselves with friends, members of their church and family, who all keep each other in jobs by being the Minister’s yes men. This money will be spent on keeping this wheel turning without a thought for our kids. If the Ministry and DES really thought about our kids then they would sack the worst teachers, rather than giving them jobs at the Ministry and DES. Maybe they could also muster the courage to challenge the Minister on her fantasy policies and advise her to make decisions that improve things for the future of our kids and country. Would not cost anything and would save a great deal.

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  4. Anonymous says:

    I would like to see it that MP’s are mandated to put their kids and grand kids into public schools.

    • Anonymous says:

      Agreed. I’d also like to see that MP’s have advanced college degrees – not honorary degrees, and not just a BS! Common Cayman, we want to be respected, we need to get educated officials!

    • Anonymous says:

      I would like to see it that MPs are mandated not to be self-interested morons.

      • Anonymous says:

        …or criminal defendants, let alone holding conviction histories for serious felonies. Standards in Public Life Law still needs work.

  5. Anonymous says:

    Teachers are not the problem. They are utterly hamstrung by poor parenting, and no support.

    • Anonymous says:

      Does that include any esteemed teacher who decides to exorcise “the gay” out of students?

      • Anonymous says:

        She was the Principal to be fair.

      • Anonymous says:

        Obviously not.

        However, when you force out the best teachers by making their jobs impossible, you end up having to employ the dregs of the profession to fill the gaps.

      • Anonymous says:

        That was a poor choice as if we can get rid of the Gays, who will we blame for our problems?

        Sorry I forgot we will still have the Expats.

        All good carry on.

    • Anonymous says:

      Teachers ARE PART of the problem. Too many under educated, too many under dedicated and too many simply incompetent. The poor give the best a bad reputation and a failing grade with success averaged.

  6. Anonymous says:

    Let foreign kids in to the public schools.

    Nothing drives success quite like an angry white soccer mom wanting her precious spawn to overachieve!

    • Anonymous says:

      The government schools are full of foreign kids. At one point the majority of children at one George Town government school were not Caymanian. Concentrating the children of the least privileged in society in one place is the problem.

      • Anonymous says:

        While I agree, Caymanians control this situation; Caymanians are content to not fix it; and Caymanians are content to cry about not getting good jobs without educating our youth! WE ARE THE PROBLEM.

      • Anonymous says:

        No, no theyre6 not. They’re just not brown enough, or the wrong sort of brown for you to accept them as local.

        • Anonymous says:

          Sometimes too brown.

          The shade racism in Cayman is awful but we hardly ever talk about it.

          Your family could have been here a long time but if you have Jamaican ancestry and are too dark, forget about it.

          • Anonymous says:

            Has nothing to do with color just most of the teachers are Jamaican and favoritism with all of the Jamaican children.

  7. Anonymous says:

    The rot in public education starts at the very top.

  8. Anonymous says:

    Increasing the education budget while Julianna O’Connor is the MP for Education Services is like pissing in the wind!!

  9. Anonymous says:

    Sidenote – Why is 95% of the government so overweight?

  10. A Caymanian. says:

    Public education in this country is a joke. The public school system that Cayman had back in the 80’s and 90’s produced lawyers, accountants, CEOs, doctors. It produced PROFESSIONALS. The parents of public school kids used to demand a quality education. Now Caymanian parents are happy to just send their kids to a government employed babysitter. That is the biggest problem with public education in Cayman. The parents simply don’t care about the quality of the education their kids are receiving. If they did, they’d demand better. Too many Caymanian parents are more concerned with satisfying themselves, than they are with educating their children.

    If you’re sending your kid to public schools, while at the same time you’ve taken out a big loan so you can drive an expensive car, you are the problem. That monthly payment to the bank should be going towards your kid’s education.

    • Anonymous says:

      I sent my children to Government schools because I couldn’t afford the private schools (and, to be clear, I have no fancy car). I kept active in their education and also got them tutors in subjects I couldn’t help them with. They are both outliers in their respective classes. They are both finishing degrees and professional examinations. If you have the will, there is a way. Stop blaming others and be happy with what you have. Work with what you have. Don’t give up. It can be done. God Bless.

      • Anonymous says:

        Your children were very lucky to have a parent like you.
        Unfortunately that is NOT the norm here in Cayman. At all.

      • Anonymous says:

        Thank you for your post. I just recently took my kids out of private and put them into public because of stories like this, and rising cost of living, but you do illustrate that parenting is a big part of it. I was also impressed that some of the public schools are getting good inspector grades. Both my kids enjoy their school, both have a govt supplied laptop and I too get involved in what they are learning and hope I can share a story like yours. Well done to you!

        • Anonymous says:

          Whilst I wish you and your kids the very best of luck inspector grades are completely irrelevant. Look at the actual exam grades and the Universities they get kids into in the US and UK.

          • Anonymous says:

            You may have a point, we can give the kids the right environment to excel, but they have to have the right attitude and parenting to take advantage of it. A teacher will respond and encourage those that want to learn and further unlock potential.

          • Anonymous says:

            Like the inspector grades have anything to do with the outcomes? No. They are not applied equally and there are favorites.

    • Another Caymanian. says:

      @8:57 am You make a very good point. Too many Caymanians are too concerned with the appearances of doing well. Nice clothes. Nice car. Nails done. Hair did. Meanwhile, the kid is in a failing public a school and will very likely not live up to his/her full potential without a lot of luck.

      I put my kid in one of the best private schools on island from a very young age. I worked two jobs to pay for it through grades 2-9. She did so well that she was accepted at a boarding school overseas for grades 10-12. I worked two jobs to pay for that too. Now she’s away in her final year of university on a full government scholarship. Couldn’t be prouder. And I’m totally fine with driving the same crappy car I used to drop her off to school with 10 years ago!

      • Anonymous says:

        “Another Caymanian – Bravo and congrats to you and your daughter! But perhaps you’re the minority among parents who reside here?

  11. Anonymous says:

    Need to fire bad teachers and hire new ones from abroad. Throwing money at the problem won’t do anything.

  12. MackB says:

    If we are being honest with ourselves we would admit that more money is not what is needed.

    A significant amount of money has already been invested into the public education sector without any indication that the investment has produced the desired outcomes. The government can’t continue to put more money into providing educational services if that investment is not providing good returns.

    Parents need to be required to pay for the education of their children as this is not the government’s responsibility.

    • Anonymous says:

      I see where you are going with this but disagree. A significant portion of the budget should be given to the top performers who are able to achieve admittance to higher education and can maintain a passing grade throughout college. Hopefully that is the carrot for pre-college students (and parents) to take education seriously.

  13. Anonymous says:

    Cayman’s education system since Truman Bodden was ExCo – Morons throwing money at morons (sorry government school kids, it’s not your fault) and hoping it’ll stick!

  14. Anonymous says:

    Fancy buildings mean jack shit when you’re being taught by halfwits

    • Thank you says:

      It is easy to critize but no one is offerring solutions. Teacher to student ratio is important as well as not trying to learn while hungry. This has been proven by Layman School High. The children in the Brac perform better than the uK per exam results average. CIG is making an effort. Parents of children in public schools all have to work. Some even have two jobs. This is not the case with private schools where only one parent work.
      Thank you CIG for showing our children matter.
      Let the negative comments now resume.

      • Tam says:

        Halfwits I dare you spend one day in a local public classroom and see how you would fare out. The majority of the teachers in this country go above and beyond to help students who are not motivated and whose parents don’t value education as it should. What is needed is building community partnership schools where the community including higher education institutions, social and civic groups and businesses partner better with schools. The social fabric of the society also needs to be addressed and more innovative technology and technical industries introduced to the students as early as year 6. Parent counselling and workshops are needed along with mental health help for parents as well as their children. Children need homes that are enriched with opportunities to grow socially and intellectually from even before birth. So let’s not always blame teachers, the homes that many children come from are in an extremely deplorable social condition. Much of the work needs to begin with fixing social problems of incest, drugs, and parent neglect. Time to face the truth around here!

      • Anonymous says:

        Bullshit. Closing the government schools and giving Caymanian parents (not the hundreds of expats cluttering up the government education system) vouchers to attend private schools here and abroad is an obvious solution. It has been offered several times. It would work, reintegrate society, and save tens of millions every year.

        Of course, separate arrangements would need to be maintained for those with special needs that could not be “mainstreamed”.

        But no, a group of partially corrupt, power-hungry, halfwits refuse to even entertain it.

        And by the way “one parent works” (with an “s” on the end) is how the concept that the parents of private school children do not need to work hard to provide for their children’s education (though erroneous) is communicated in English.

        • Anonymous says:

          Yes, take the real caymanians out. The expat kids who want to learn can finally do so without the disruptive special needs set!

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          • Anonymous says:

            Expat kids should go to their expat country take up space there instead of our schools. Already have the problem that the teachers do everything for the expat children and set our children aside.

    • Anonymous says:

      You must be really lacking to say something like that. The teachers hired are extremely qualified and competent. All have proven track record of passes between 80-100 percent.
      If Cayman is hiring these teachers with these high pass rate and they come and struggle here, something must be wrong with the system here and I’ll tell you what is it:
      1. No set or standard curriculum for ks2 and ks3 which are considered foundation stages. Imagine teaching one way whole year and after summer break being told to throw that crap through the window and use this “new and shiny way that is backed by science and evidence”. That happens almost EVERY year.
      2. There’s no real consequence for disruptive students. A lesson cannot be executed effectively if 5 students out of a class of 25 are disruptive. These 5 students consume more time than the 20 who are working. Imagine having to deal with this everyday as these disruptive students are allowed to return to your class as if ntn happened.
      3. Caymanian parents who are well known or who are in big political positions bully schools and make their child untouchable. That should not be happening.
      4. Parents are literally blocking phone numbers of the school and teachers to avoid hearing from them. The parents who usually do this are of the most disruptive students.
      5. Parents who are “best friends” with their kids encourage them to curse at teachers, principals and just about any adult working at the schools. And again when this happens, there’s no real consequence to stop this behaviour from repeating.
      6. Learning gaps are sooooo wide because again no set curriculum at the foundation years so Ks4 teachers are busy teaching kids to begin their first name and last name with a capital letter instead of what they should really be focusing on.
      7. Reception at government schools are a joke. With no real curriculum the kids do ntn but eat and sleep. I once had the displeasure of observing a teacher with a reception class. No structure, pure chaos, no direction/progression. Before you become super hyped about this just know that Government only hires Caymanians to teach reception at public school, no experience required. Maybe if a set curriculum was in place the teachers at the reception level would know how to progress and their lack of experience would not even matter.
      So any solutions poster?

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      • Anonymous says:

        I’m guessing the level of respect that the kids show to their expat teachers is in line with anti-expat discussions around the home.

        Respect for adults should be taught to kids, period. But when they hear the parents road rage in the car and around the yahd, what do you expect?

      • Anonymous says:

        So the teachers only failed 20% of their education degree course load, and that’s supposed to be a qualifier? Or are you talking about the kids who are allowed to finish high school with a “G” or an “H”?

      • Anonymous says:

        This is not really true. There is a curriculum in Reception yet it is quite beyond what should be expected of 5 year olds. Power Maths and Read, Write, Ink, are the UK based Math and English, very prescribed, syllabus that must be followed. Ready or not. Particularly in English, students are pushed to “learn” too much daily, without being allowed the time to absorb foundations.
        However, the rest of your post is spot on.

    • Anonymous says:

      Fancy buildings mean jack shit when you’re being brought up by halfwits and then blaming teachers, driftwood, Dart, MLAs, etc.

  15. Anonymous says:

    Imelda Marcos had access to over 3,000 pairs of shoes but I don’t think anyone noticed an improvement to her gait 👠

  16. Anonymous says:

    I think that they should upgrade their air conditioners to filter out the Covid. This would also be good for flu season. Less children getting sick. More children in school.

  17. Anonymous says:

    Mildly surprising, considering how wildly successful at least 10 of the 18 MPs have been without the benefit of an education.

    • Anonymous says:

      I question the suggestion that hey have been ‘successful.” Elected, yes, but successful?

      • Anonymous says:

        I suppose everyone has their own definition of success. However, a job that pays ten times what they would earn based on their skills, abilities, education, and expertise; a pension based on that same pay after only two terms in office, and a lifetime of free healthcare for them and their family; and we have to go kiss their a$$ for something that is ours as of right might not meet everyone’s definition of success, but it ain’t too shabby.

        • Anonymous says:

          Yes, you are correct! Not too shabby; it’s a disgrace – and it is a huge portion of the massive, massive failure of the past 20-30 years in Cayman.

    • Anonymous says:

      HAHAHAHAHA!!! That’s rich!
      Why do you think we are in the situation we are in now?? Uneducated dumba$$ politicians.

      OMG that was such a good comment 7:11pm
      Like 11:38am said below, “I question the suggestion that hey have been ‘successful.” Elected, yes, but successful?”

    • Anonymous says:

      7:11 there are 19 MP’s and you are right at least 10 without proper education and a few convicted criminals, what mess Cayman is in.

  18. SMH says:

    Expensive Buildings, poor teachers that are not motivated and disinterested parents that seem indifferent to the standard of education or performance of their children is a recipe for disaster. Sadly, that is why results are poor and successive governments are interested in the spin than facing the facts. Spending hundreds of millions annually is all about the headlines and politics. The Ministry of Education leaders and the Minister of Education are operating in a bubble where they truly believe everything is ok. When the reality and results say something very different. They all should be replaced for incompetence and perpetuating the entitlement culture in schools, in the civil service and society.

    That is why public education in the Cayman Islands is an expensive and sick joke. SMH

    • Anonymous says:

      Especially the disinterested and uneducated parents. Hard to fix the poor 24/7performance of parents since birth with any reeducation after that. The kids are just a copy of the parents that you are trying to fix by sending them to someone else. Think. How to fix this? There is a way but it would take educating the parents. Do you see that happening? Maybe if you spend some of that money on educating the parents first?

  19. Anonymous says:

    It’s very clear, they cannot retain qualified staff because educated high performers leave when they are reporting to people who are less qualified than them. This happens everywhere you look in Cayman. Until you change the constitution to not promote/hire people based on ethnicity but rather skills, knowledge and ability you will have this problem ever more. Imagine you’re Dr. Lee reporting to Jon Jon or a professor reporting to Jo Jo. You’re going to leave. Or maybe you stick around for a bit and you try to hold others accountable and you’re pushed out. The government has failed to educate people properly so rather then have the whole population marginalized they put people in positions they shouldn’t be in. Think about this, Cayman will be getting it’s first curriculum ever and it’s 2022. Who’s responsible for that? Is anyone held accountable?

    • Robert Mugabe IV says:

      Top post!
      I wonder when all the numbers are calculated from what was put into education in the last say 20 years, is it possible that it would have been cheaper for our Govt’s of the day to pay for Private Education for all our children. ?

      • Anonymous says:

        That’s a big 10 4 Mugabe.

        They should do that now through vouchers but the ego and unmitigated lust for power aims for a bigger bureaucracy that hates the private sector.

  20. Anonymous says:

    To be fair you have to admire the commitment to education by CIG. That said they already spend far more than most OECD countries and get very poor attainment levels which makes me worry that throwing money at the problem isn’t the answer.

  21. Anonymous says:

    Wasting currency on more empty buildings will not restart the Cayman economy nor help the children.

    You might as well give them laptops with free wifi.

    Education is free online

  22. Anonymous says:

    Money is not the problem. We spend more per pupil than any other country in the world (I think) and yet education standards are abysmal and students leave school without the education, experience and attitude needed to cope in the real world.
    Perhaps money should be spent on
    1. discipline and excluding students who disrupt education and classes for those who actually do want to learn. Excluded children will be forced into homeschooling so parents will need to take responsibility, meet educational standards at home, or face penalties.
    2. sex education that discourages unwanted pregnancies, multiple pregnancies with different loser fathers, and promotes a strong family unit (of any combination of genders). And please, lets leave religion out of it.
    3. compulsory parenting classes for those who fail their kids in prescribed ways, or where kids are failing at school
    4. better adult literacy so parents who themselves cannot spell and write properly are better equipped to help their children with homework
    5. making absent parents responsible financially for their children by collecting maintenance from wages at source.
    Spending more on fancy school buildings is not the answer.
    Its about time the people of Cayman questioned just how much is being spent on education per child and whether we are getting value for money. Spoiler, we are definitely not.

    • Anonymous says:

      Only Luxembourg spends more per pupil. We spend about $20k per pupil per year, to put that in context the UK, Canada and Germany spend about $11k

      • Anonymous says:

        I think we spend $4,000 to $5,000 per month per student not the lower number of $1,800 per month you cited.

        How many Caymanian students are there on the islands? I guess 4,000 to 5,000 but I don’t know. I then divided the $200,000,000 education budget by the number of students and voila. Also, remember public schools are shut down for at least three months per year so take the above number and divide it by 9 months.

        Give parents a voucher for $1,000 to $1,500 per month and you could probably knock off $50,0000,000 from the budget and give parents more say in the education of their children and make public schools compete for enrollment with the private schools.

    • A JGHS parent says:

      Thank you! Best contribution of the bunch. One addition: set up sting operations at all the schools to catch the pedophiles and prosecute them to the fullest extent.

      • Anonymous says:

        They too busy changing them from school to school. I don’t understand why one man is still employed.

  23. Anonymous says:

    $200mln is about $3000 per resident. How many school-aged kids are there? If we are going to fritter-away money at this scale, why not kiss them on the forehead, and just send them all off to a proper boarding school overseas where they might actually get the tools to get into a top-tier university and have better future than their parent(s)?

    • Angus says:

      Posters who can jump up and down all you want but the fact of the matter is that the majority of schools rated poor are private sector schools including triple C.

      One govenment school is rated poor and that is Savannah. How did this happen? Who do we blame for what’s happening in the private sector?
      Are heads rolling at these private sector schools.

      The civil service has made the staffing changes at Savannah school.

      I never thought I would see the day that our Government schools are rated better than the private sector schools.

      John Gray and
      Layman Scott are both rated amongst the best schools in Cayman.

      • Anonymous says:

        In Cayman wow. World class everyting

        Lol

      • Anonymous says:

        You live here bobo?

        If you do, i need some of what your smoking.

      • Robert Mugabe IV says:

        You are delusional.
        The biggest problem with Govt schools are those parents who have little to no interest in their unruly children’s education. There should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior in any classroom. The children of parents who care, would have much better chances of flourishing in the classroom after the unruly ones have been removed.
        Why should the majority suffer because of the few!

      • Anonymous says:

        Any more room in LaLa Land?

      • Anonymous says:

        And how does that rating translate into exam results and University places?

      • Dale says:

        Angus you are so right. What I have witnessed over the past few years is an erosion of services provided by the private sector (try calling your bank and speaking to a human) and a increase in the level of service provided by the civil service.

        I really hope the private sector can turn this around. I mean folks I just licensed my car in less than 10 minutes and renewed by Trade and Business license in about 7 minutes.

        I am really worried about some of our private sector schools. I hope they can get their act together.

        I note that triple c has now employed a former civil servant to lead its transformation from Poor to Good which is welcomed news.

      • Anonymous says:

        And who is in charge of the inspections and you think they are fair? LOL

      • Anonymous says:

        You forget that government is doing the school rankings.

  24. QualifiedTeachers says:

    To improve schools one must recruit and retain qualified teachers and administrators. Teachers need the support of the administration and parents. Teachers need manageable numbers of students per class. Education must be flexible and provide for the needs of many different types of learners. How do we achieve all of these things? I wish I had the answer but after 20+ years in the field of education outside of the Cayman Islands, I am still searching for the answers. I’ve found some answers but others are always evasive and dictated by leaders who have little to no experience in education.

    As for the free meal program. It is a good idea in theory. I do think there could be a way to identify those students NOT needing free meals and have those families pay for meals. This would free up additional funds to be used in other areas in education. It would be a simple process if a digital infrastructure for the education system was in place. But it would only work if there was a way to electronically contact all parents, ask if they need to be part of the free meal program, and have those not in need pay online.

  25. Anonymous says:

    Fire Julianna immediately for incompetence.

    Make the Education Ministry take an economics course.

    More $$$ won’t improve quality of education.

    They are out of control.

    It is so much fun spending other people’s money.

  26. Anonymous says:

    Cayman Islands Education needs to tell us how much it costs per student to provide a year’s worth of education. Then half it and give parents vouchers to attend any school they feel best for their child.

    Phony inspections giving public schools great marks now. Ha Ha.

    • Anonymous says:

      In 2018 it was $17,264 per pupil per year. It’s more now. To put that in perspective Cayman Prep costs about $12k a year.

      • Anonymous says:

        You could send every Caymanian child to the best boarding schools in the world, and put their airfares, and have tens of millions left over. This crap is a monument to the incompetence of our civil service.

  27. Anonymous says:

    How about using .05% of this budgeted amount annually to provide FREE CONDOMS. Stop some of the education problems before they are created. Give young persons a better chance to improve their lives before becoming a parent. Obviously the “just don’t do it” method is not working.

  28. Anonymous says:

    I wonder who will get the contracts?
    As long as parents act the way they do – not taking a role in their children’s education and then bullying teachers and politicians for results they don’t like, nothing will ever change – no matter how much money you throw at the problem.

  29. Anonymous says:

    We already spend more per pupil than every country on earth bar one. I have no idea what the problem is but it’s not clear that it’s a lack of money. It’s not just because it’s Cayman that it’s expensive either; on average we spend 66% more per pupil at public schools than it costs to go to private schools.

    http://www.legislativeassembly.ky/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/12980595.PDF

  30. Anonymous says:

    Ju Ju. All irrelevant – especially since the only options pay $6 an hour, and the government has long sold out to foreign interests, including cheap foreign labor.

  31. anon says:

    Free meals are a good idea. It can be a real struggle for some parents to fine lunch money for their children daily. Not talking from experience, just my observation.. I’m near 40 with no children.

  32. Anonymous says:

    I hope they teach the children not to wear their spectacles on the top of their heads!

  33. Anonymous says:

    Remember this Minister, like all Ministers, is not using her money to enhance educational facilities and opportunities for our children. So when we fail our kids, we a pissing away our money not hers.

    So, Cayman Islands, let us adhere to the slogan ‘no child left behind’ by becoming a stakeholder in your child/ren’s education.

    Ultimately in doing so, we all become winners. Students, parents, the Government, and the wider community all benefit in this lifelong process of becoming educated to the utmost highest level possible.

  34. Anonymous says:

    Ha Ha. Might as well piss it up against the same wall as the sand money.

  35. Anonymous says:

    and then you still get abysmal education results and standards.
    welcome to wonderland.

    • Anonymous says:

      Throw as much money as you like building fancy schools, so long as you fill our schools with third world regional teachers, we’ll continue to have third world school leavers.

      • Anonymous says:

        Dwl, and what teachers would you want? The white ones from UK that leave after 6 month because they cannot manage the stress of dealing with absent parents and disrespectful students that make up about 90% of the school population? If your child passed through a government school with ntn to brag about best believe that’s on you. All teachers push children, but a child will not move if they see their parents blocking teachers from calling because they don’t want to hear from them, parents never attending reporting sessions, parents never picking up their book and insisting that they revise or do their homework and so on. The fact of the matter is the work load in this place is significant because too much parents do not care!!!!! Explain to me how the hell a parent can locate a school to collect a child who is having an argument with her bff but cannot locate the school to have a case conference when their child tells multiple adults to fuck off? Maybe the government needs to throw money at contraceptive and provide incentives to parents who actually are invested and active in their child’s education. Thats how parents from the so called third world countries are so why can’t this “rich” island nation GET IT TOGETHER?

        • Anonymous says:

          The Caribbean ones only stay for the money. They buy a house and join Rotary and Lions. They don’t want the Caymanian children to get ahead. They go all out for their own kind children and nothing for ours. I can think of at least five in my child’s school that need to go.

      • Anonymous says:

        “Caribbeanisation” I think Roy called it.

        • Anonymous says:

          Well Cayman is far from “Caribbeanisation”. Caribbean parents are actually interested in their child’s education. In this place those types of parents are rare.

      • Anonymous says:

        But the teachers went to a college or university to gain their credentials ,regardless of where that was in the ‘Third World’ or above. Can’t lay blame on the teachers for the problem.

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