Tag: special education needs
PACT commits over $200M per year for education
(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 […]
¾ of SEN students are boys
(CNS): A formal audit in July of students in government schools that have special educational needs severe enough to require additional specialist support, known as Phase 3 SEN, has revealed that boys dominate the figures. According to the summary of the report, which was released under the FOI law, 74% of students who require an […]
Lighthouse school shines following inspection
(CNS): The Lighthouse School was described as “a good school” by education inspectors this month after it was rated ‘excellent’ in several categories and ‘good’ in the majority of areas inspected. It was rated satisfactory in just two areas and none at all were rated poorly. As government schools largely struggle to get past a […]
SEN veteran teacher takes up policy post
(CNS): Shari Smith has been appointed as the new Senior Policy Manager and Advisor for Inclusion in the ministry of education after more than 20 years as an educator in the special needs field. Starting at the Lighthouse School as a teacher, she was deputy principal and then principal at the school. Most recently she was […]
Special education needs require more resources
(CNS): What appears to be a growing number of students in the government school and even pre-school system with special educational needs (SEN) and learning difficulties raised concerns among legislators last week, when the education minister’s budget for 2015/16 come under scrutiny. Tara Rivers said that SEN as well as the behaviour and social issues that […]
CCTV planned for Lighthouse School
(CNS): Education officials are planning a list of changes at Grand Cayman’s special needs school, including the installation of cameras to keep an eye on what is happening there following the exposure of a catalogue of shocking behavior at the school by educators. From teachers impersonating the students and a complete lack of sensitivity towards the […]
Government stepping in over younger kids in need
(CNS): The intervention by education officials into the lives of children with special education needs (SEN) will be happening with pre-compulsory school age kids, the minister has said. Speaking about the recent developments in early childhood education in Cayman, Tara Rivers said the education ministry was seeking to provide “adapted environments and specialist provision” as […]
