Tag: Tara Rivers
School leaders improve own learning
(CNS): Fourteen leaders from government schools and the education department have passed through Part 1 of the International School Leadership programme, offered through the Ontario Principals Council (OPC), as part of efforts to improve the professional development of teachers and managers in the Cayman education system. Recent reports commissioned by the ministry pointed to extensive problems […]
Action plan underway to address school performance
(CNS): In the wake of the recent review and damning school inspections report, giving the local education system a failing grade, the education minister told the Legislative Assembly Wednesday that she has met with all the government schools’ principals to discuss the plan of action to address the problems. Tara Rivers said school leaders are […]
Rivers calls for action to get more women in LA
(CNS): The government needs to find a way to increase female participation in politics, the minister with responsibility for gender affairs, Tara Rivers, has said. Although women make up 53% of the current electorate, with Rivers and the Speaker, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, holding just two of the 18 seats, women make up only 11% of the […]
Accountability will lead to raised education standards
(CNS): There was not much praise for teachers and the work they do from the minister Monday in her message marking World Teachers’ Day. Just weeks after the publication of damning reports from school inspections and consultants, which concluded that the standard of education in the Cayman Islands was poor, Tara Rivers acknowledged that the […]
Teachers blamed for achievement gap
(CNS): The quality of teaching has been blamed for what consultants and school inspectors have described as an achievement gap for Cayman students compared to those in the UK and other leading economies. Releasing an education review by management consultants as well as a baseline inspection Thursday, government officials also launched another new education strategic action […]
Rivers: Students still have poor literacy skills
(CNS): Some students are leaving school “without obtaining the literacy levels they require” to contribute to society, Education Minister Tara Rivers said in a message marking World Literacy Day. She said improving literacy standards continues to be one of the highest priorities for the local education system but said changes to that system were needed “to ensure that the literacy […]
Gender minister won’t back gay marriage
(CNS): In her first public comment regarding the issue of gay marriage, the employment and education minister has stated that she believes marriage should be defined to be between a man and a woman. Just ahead of revelations this week that a gay couple will be seeking to have their legitimate marriage recognized by the […]
Ministry defends choice of consultants
(CNS): The Education Ministry has roundly defended its decision to choose consultants with no experience at all inspecting government schools anywhere to conduct its baseline inspection of all the Cayman Islands’ government schools. The ministry has also strongly refuted accusations that this report has been doctored, as turned out to be the case with a […]
Shapps: Civil liberties should be for all
(CNS): The UK’s temporary overseas territories minister has said that the British government will not intervene regarding local legislation to provide for same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands but he made it clear that liberty is for everyone and not just some groups. As Cayman faces the question of addressing civil unions for members of […]
Employment ministry adds month for discussion on laws
(CNS): The public consultation period on the draft labour and pension bills has been extended by another month, official said Monday. The window of opportunity for individuals, businesses or organizations to submit comment on the two major pieces of legislation was due to end today but the employment ministry said it was extending the timeframe […]
Some teachers to get pay rise this year
(CNS): Inequities in the salaries of teachers, where some local staff are earning less than their peers recruited from overseas, will be rectified in this school year, Education Minister Tara Rivers announced at the gathering of teachers Wednesday to mark the beginning of the new school year. She also said that the Portfolio of the […]
