The Issues and Solutions

Secondary school leavers do not attain standards necessary to access further education, training and/or decent work and be productive and successful Jamaicans

Presented by: Stephen Jones, Rhoal Wright, Shevanese Walsh

VISION 2030 JAMAICANATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Issues Affecting High

schools

Low Attendance = Chronic Underachievement

Attendance/Yr

Present Absent

65%35%

Students Perform Below their Grade Level

Grade Level

Above Below

40-50%

40 – 50% Below their grade Level

Approximately 300,000 children

50%

Qualified Secondary Graduates

Qualified Secondary Graduates

Qualified Not Qualified

20%

80%

How do we Alleviate?

Establish and implement curricula to

create internationally competitive

Jamaican graduates with skills,

competencies, values and attitudes,

and interests which meet globally

accepted norms.

Equip all faculties especially science and the vocational areas with appropriate equipment.

Establish standards for secondary schools. For example: class size, qualifications and skill requirements of teachers, and resources to support the curriculum.

Everyone Can Learn:

Implement and sustain a system of early detection and referral of children with special needs

Everyone Must Learn

Develop and implement a strategy aimed at improving performance for the lower secondary level (Grades 7-9)

Create and maintain an efficient Teaching Framework to enhance CSEC performance

Create mechanisms that

would enable the school

system to integrate new and

emerging technologies and

ideas to improve the teaching

and learning process.

Maintain ICT training and

certification programme for

the secondary school

community (students,

teachers/administrators).

Establish Monitoring and Evaluation and Quality Assurance measures (e.g. establish M&E services at each Regional Education Authority)

Create opportunities and programmes to enable

students to be responsible, caring and recognize

the importance for contributing to the

community, committing to service in the wider

community in which they live.

Institutionalize a structured Citizenship Education (Character Education/Values and Attitude Programme) within the curriculum for implementation in all

Train and equip teachers with the necessary skill for implantation

Provide adequate instructional and resource manuals and materials to support this programme.Institutionalize a Learning Mentorship programme