Tag: Department of Education Services
Students get extra week to swot for exams
(CNS): The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) announced on Wednesday that Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations will begin a week late, in line with recommendations by regional educators, the Ministry of Education said in a release. The delay is related to the pandemic since not all countries in the Caribbean have been as fortunate as […]
Schools to face catch-up challenge
(CNS): With children and teenagers across Cayman losing more than a third of their academic year to the COVID-19 lockdown, playing catch-up when the new 2020/21 school year starts will be a significant challenge for most schools. While kids were engaged in some online and home learning over the last three months, a report released […]
Home learning unequal, report finds
(CNS): The inequality of access, unreliability of technology and a lack of a strategy to help teachers use online platforms well has made home learning “an imperfect substitute to school-based provision”, according to a new report by the Office of Education Standards (OES). This will lead to problems for schools when they return because there […]
Lunch programme feeds kids during lockdown
(CNS Local Life): Two charities are trying to make sure that children in the Cayman Islands don’t go hungry during the coronavirus lockdown. Since the schools closed in mid-March, the Homeschool Lunch Program has been providing 465 children from 13 government schools with a healthy meal or supermarket voucher. The Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman […]
Kids’ living conditions shock school principal
(CNS): Sir John A Cumber Primary School Principal Jovanna Wright said some of her students are living in “unmentionable circumstances” without running water or electricity, as she described the “heartbreaking experience” over the last month delivering food to kids in need. Wright is part of an army of education staff now delivering lunches and supplies […]
All government schools open Thursday
(CNS): Students at government schools had a day off Wednesday so that all facilities could be assessed following the 7.7 M earthquake and aftershocks Tuesday afternoon. But the Department of Education Services (DES) announced Wednesday evening that all schools will reopen Thursday, 30 January. The Scheduled Sports Day at the Sir John A Cumber Primary […]
Schools and roads closed as dump fire rages
(CNS): The ongoing blaze at the vehicle recycling area at the George Town dump has now seen schools closed or relocated, sports days cancelled and roads also partially shut to traffic. Police had closed the southbound lanes of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, between the Cayman International School and AL Thompson roundabouts, though it re-opened around […]
Ed officials say safety is priority
(CNS): The Department of Education Services maintains that official protocols were all followed on Monday after a school bus transporting students from Clifton Hunter crashed in East End. The department said safety remains the priority and although everything was done correctly in the wake of the collision with a private car, it will review the […]
Minister: Education won’t be political football
(CNS): Following her silence in the budget debate, Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly told the members of Finance Committee Friday that, if needed, she would get more cash for education. Facing a long day of questions, the minister stated several times that while she “was at the wheel” she would not allow education to become a […]
JGHS goes back to drawing board
(CNS): The Ministry of Education has signed a contract with local consultants for an outline business case, this time for the John Gray High School facility, effectively taking the project back to the drawing board. Contractors originally broke ground almost a decade ago on the project after a government contract was awarded to Tom Jones […]
Cayman to provide schooling for child evacuees
(CNS): The Ministry of Education is opening up temporary spaces in government schools and waiving school fees for child evacuees from British Overseas Territories devastated by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. Children of compulsory school age (5-17 years old) who have temporarily relocated to Cayman from the British Virgin Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands […]
