Tag: Tara Rivers
Primary learning gets smarter with IT
(CNS): The education minister has revealed that every government primary school will have smart boards in the classrooms by the start of the 2015-16 academic year. Interactive White Boards have been steadily added to government classrooms but 100% of primary classes and 60% of all public high schools rooms will have them and the relevant […]
Rivers wants mandatory training to protect kids
(CNS): Following the revelations in a recent PAHO report about the sexual health of young people in the Cayman Islands that many are facing significant abuse, the education minister is calling for mandatory training for people in all professions connected to children. Tara Rivers said the incidence of sexual activity and abuse of Cayman’s children […]
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 […]
Single mothers stay the course on P2P
(CNS): All sixteen unemployed single mothers who started out on the government’s work ready programme, Passport2Success, in January this year stayed the course and graduated earlier this month. Five of the graduates have already secured employment and one is continuing with an internship. Another two of the young mums are pursuing further education at UCCI; […]
Pre-schools must make new grade
(CNS): Early years education in Cayman is undergoing a shake-up with the introduction of new standards and a national curriculum for toddlers. Having introduced a new licensing and registration regime for the sector, the Education Ministry is aiming for a cultural shift from child-minding to child learning. In order to stay in business pre-schools will […]
Safety at work improving, claims minister
(CNS): The employment minister boasted about the quality of local health and safety Tuesday in a message to mark World Safety Day. Admitting there was some work to do, Tara Rivers said she was “delighted” that workplace culture was changing in Cayman as “more and more employers are making safety and health a top priority”. But […]
$6 minimum wage recommended
(CNS): After a robust process to collect the necessary data, the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee has recommend an across the board minimum wage of $6 per hour for everyone, from domestic workers and waiting staff to security guards and janitors. The wage will apply to everyone of working age, including teenagers. It will also apply […]
Minister wins costs for election battle
(CNS): Tara Rivers will be sending a hefty bill to the husband of her election rival after a Grand Court decision giving the education and employment minister the right to seek costs for the 2013 election petition. Although Chief Justice Anthony Smellie had initially hoped the parties would not press for costs, given the public […]
Minimum wage figure to be revealed April
(CNS): The employment minister has stated that a report by the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee will be tabled in the Legislative Assembly when it meets next month, making it a public document and revealing the recommended figure. Tara Rivers said last Friday that she had received a copy of a comprehensive study of implementing a […]
Unemployed have right to know about jobs
(CNS): The employment minister has said that Caymanian job seekers have a right to know about all the vacancies that exist at any time in the marketplace, including those earmarked for permit holders. As government begins moves that will eventually lead to more transparency about permit holders and immigration data, Tara Rivers is also calling for […]
Officials tight lipped over JGHS gang fight
(CNS): The new acting chief education officer and former principal of John Gray High School has confirmed that the fight at the school Monday, for which two teenage boys were arrested, was a continuation of another brawl that had happened in Camana Bay at the weekend. But Lyneth Monteith has said little else about what was understood […]
