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Teachers have the greatest impact on students’ learning and performance, and now, to ensure consistency and promote excellence throughout the government school system, there are national professional

It’s all about the bragging rights as annual spelling bees brought out the best of the best from Cayman’s primary and secondary schools.

Unemployed Caymanian single mothers and young men over the age of 21 years will get an opportunity to tackle barriers that have prevented them from getting and maintaining employment, when two new Pas

Excitement grows as some 5,000 Government primary and high school students anticipate the start of activities for the 15-18 November Literacy Week celebration.

A new Ford 550 Super Duty bus (F550), custom-built for the Lighthouse School, means more community-based learning opportunities for the school’s physically challenged students.

In just three weeks the secondary schools’ Extended Afterschool Programme (EASP) has recorded an overwhelming response with more than 800 registrations and some 500 students participating weekly.

Every year on 5th October teachers across the globe are celebrated by their employers, students, parents, communities and teaching organisations.

To celebrate International Literacy Day, observed globally on 8 September, the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise donated some 700 illustrated dictionaries to all first-year students attending govern

While attending the recent Early Childhood Care and Education Unit (ECCE) launch, some 40 representatives from pre-schools and nurseries heard that work was already underway on legislation and regulat

Newly recruited teachers got some valuable lessons in Caymanian culture as part of a well-orchestrated orientation programme.

While the summer offers a much-anticipated vacation period to most students, it’s a chance for Ned Jerris Miller III to hone his newfound-skills, learned at the International Yacht Restoration School

The Cayman Islands National Archive (CINA) building has been renamed in memory of Dr. Philip E. Pedley, who passed away last year.

“If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” This famous Walt Disney quote comprised the final words of encouragement spoken by Passport2Success Facilitator Dr. Tasha Ebanks-Garcia.

Patrick Comrie is a typical 17-year-old, yet over the past 24 months he’s instructed more than 150 teachers and students in the Cayman Islands Government’s education system to use the reading assistan

An 11-year-old primary school student bullies schoolmates, fights with peers and siblings; constantly disrespects his mother and his teachers and frequently threatens violence.

Ground has now been broken for three new wings at the George Town, Savannah and Bodden Town Primary schools.

Three Year 11 John Gray High School students – Nijel Powery, Nordania Stewart and Catherine Ebanks – have been selected by their teachers to attend the prestigious Global Young Leaders Conference (GYL

Overwhelmed with emotion and grateful for the valuable lessons they’ve learned over recent weeks, 21 youngsters have participated in the third Passport2Success group’s commencement ceremony.

“Celebrating our past through play” is this year’s theme for Week of the Young Child, which will be celebrated from 10-16 April.

Applications are now being accepted for the next Passport2Success group, scheduled to begin Monday, 2 May.

Management and staff from the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment, and its departments donated nearly $1,000 in food, cash and gift vouchers to Anna Evans’ five children recently.

Accessing materials to prepare for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam can sometimes be challenging.

What am I doing? Where is my life going? Where do I want it to go?

In a near repeat of Wednesday evening’s primary school spelling bee, three youngsters battled to the very end for the top-speller title during last night’s (2 December) 2010 Lions Club of Grand Cayman

Nearly 100 public and private school teachers recently turned out for a seven-hour autism awareness training workshop.

Thanks to Kirk Supermarket and Pharmacy, students attending government primary- and high schools will benefit from receiving additional supplies this school year.

Giving acclaim where it’s due, the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment honoured both the late Sir John Cumber and the late Shirley Kidd during a recent ceremony at John A.

As hundreds of students prepared for their first day in the education system’s exciting new Year 12 programme, Education Minister, the Hon.

Starting this September, students attending government schools will have healthier food options during lunch and snack breaks.

During an orientation seminar yesterday (Tuesday, 24 August), Education Minister, the Hon.

Hundreds of teachers turned up for a special reception at Pedro St.

John A. Cumber Primary School, the largest primary school in Cayman’s education system, got a much-needed 3,500 sq. ft. expansion to its classrooms.

Teachers - they nurture young minds, are dedicated to their craft and make learning fun!

Some former CARIFTA and Island Games medallists, who got their start at John A. Cumber Primary School, called on their alma mater’s track and field team prior to last weekend’s CARIFTA Games.

University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) students are finding that sitting in a classroom, reading books, or surfing the Internet are not the only ways to learn.

Education officials met today (Wednesday, 20 January) to review government schools’ emergency procedures, following yesterday’s earthquake.

Persons with disabilities (PWDs) across Grand Cayman celebrated International Day for Persons with Disabilities with family, friends and visitors from the community.

A positive look at a negative problem can be seen with the local showing of Young Guns on Monday, 7 December at 7:30pm on Island 24, and repeated on Cayman 27 on Tuesday, 8 December at 7:00p.m.

On Monday 2 November at 7:30 p.m. Island24 is scheduled to air a half-hour youth-focused television programme called ‘Against all Odds.’

Government teachers and other educators on Grand Cayman are undergoing two days of intense professional development that began Wednesday, 26 August, at Mary Miller Memorial Hall.

There has been some criticism about the postponement of the new Education Modernisation Law (2009), which I acknowledge has, in part, been generated by the fact that I have not sufficiently explained

The new Education Law will not come into effect on 1 September. An order revoking the commencement date will be gazetted on Monday, 17 August.