Education Ministry Has A Clear Policy
Minister of Education the Hon. Roy Bodden has stressed that the Government has a clear national policy endorsed by the Executive Council.
In his annual report card which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Bodden said the policy set out how the education system would contribute to meeting major economic and social objectives.
"We are now working on a policy document for education which will present a coherent set of broad policy measures and objectives as well as a strategy, that is, the ways and means of implementing them all," he said.
The document will take into account the agreed strategies such as the new ITALIC programme which has been agreed by the present political directorate."
The document will include a reference to the context in which Cayman finds itself and it will summarize what is referred to as the "education challenge".
It will also raise issues such as the measurement of the performance of the education system and will set broad objectives in terms of what is to be achieved.
This is directly compatible with the mew format of the Annual Budget Statements and the Annual Plan and Estimates, as prescribed under FMI and the new Public Finance Law.
Mr. Bodden said he had chosen to concentrate on the goal for a "well-educated and vocationally trained resident population".
He plans to promote and support school improvement; to strengthen the opportunities and quality of provision for teacher training; to improve information, communication and technology skills at all levels; to enhance the provision for technical and vocational education; and to establish citizenship education as an integral part of the curriculum at all levels of schooling.