British educator for Ja's education transformation

[Tuff Gong]

British educator to lead Jamaica's education transformation

Luke Douglas
Sunday, May 14, 2006

AN expatriate has been selected as the new executive director of the
Education Transformation Team, the body spearheading the reform of the
education system in Jamaica, say Sunday Observer sources.

Frank Weeple, a former director of education services for the Torbay
Council in the United Kingdom, replaces Dr Andree Nembhard who resigned as head of the transformation team late last year, months after her appointment.

Torbay is a popular holiday spot located on Britain's south coast, east of Plymouth.

Since January, Dr Disraeli Hutton has been acting as executive director.
He told the Sunday Observer that he would continue playing a role in the $520 billion transformation programme to be executed over a decade.

The ETT is supported by an 11-member advisory board, chaired by Dr Rae Davis, the president of the University of Technology and head of the task force that developed the blueprint for the reforms.

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[Wahalla]

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This kinda is strange.. Jamaica has had formalised teacher training for years and seems endless people wuth pHD's in educations.... So are they saying that there are no Jamaicans who can develop curriculums, analyse trends, make the system more suited to local conditions and the country needs???

I actually have no problem with the use of expat educators in the class room. I beleive they add to the educational experience, in a different perspective. What I find strange is the lack of high level administrators. While no problem with expat teachers.. I think there should be one per school... We need to be outward looking and the simple presence of good compentent expats will add value.. Note I dont just mean English and yankees teachers.... But from other commonwealth countries, including from the caribean but I see value particularly in native speakers teaching languages....

But thye should teach a curriculum developed in Jamaica...

[Tuff Gong]

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This kinda is strange.. Jamaica has had formalised teacher training for years and seems endless people wuth pHD's in educations.... So are they saying that there are no Jamaicans who can develop curriculums, analyse trends, make the system more suited to local conditions and the country needs???

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After Blackman Time now we cannot/could not:
<ul type="square">[*]police ourselves we have to bring cops to the highest ranks of the force.[*]secure out port and collect customs we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]build roads, we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]build, manage and furnish hotels we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]build proper housing, we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]build and maintain schools we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]cannot educate ourselves, we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]run a public bus service, we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]connect a sewage system we have to bring in foreigners for that[*]make cement, we have to bring in foreigners for that
we cannot build pit toilets, we had to bring in foreigners for that[*]provide quality go-go dancing and prostitution, we had to import foreigners for that[*]operate in bond stores, we had to import foreigners for that[*]trains, boats, planes, the law books at the Supreme Court, curriculum books for kids in school, the same story[/list]

What next?

[RichD]

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This kinda is strange.. Jamaica has had formalised teacher training for years and seems endless people wuth pHD's in educations.... So are they saying that there are no Jamaicans who can develop curriculums, analyse trends, make the system more suited to local conditions and the country needs???

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After Blackman Time now we cannot/could not:
<ul type="square">[*]police ourselves we have to bring cops to the highest ranks of the force.[*]secure out port and collect customs we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]build roads, we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]build, manage and furnish hotels we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]build proper housing, we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]build and maintain schools we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]cannot educate ourselves, we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]run a public bus service, we have to bring in foreigners for that.[*]connect a sewage system we have to bring in foreigners for that[*]make cement, we have to bring in foreigners for that
we cannot build pit toilets, we had to bring in foreigners for that[*]provide quality go-go dancing and prostitution, we had to import foreigners for that[*]operate in bond stores, we had to import foreigners for that[*]trains, boats, planes, the law books at the Supreme Court, curriculum books for kids in school, the same story[/list]

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plently people sey wi have foreign trained crimnals too

[Tuff Gong]

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plently people sey wi have foreign trained crimnals too

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Really?

[RichD]

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plently people sey wi have foreign trained crimnals too

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Really?

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yes dem call dem deportee (not di toyata ones)

[Tuff Gong]

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plently people sey wi have foreign trained crimnals too

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yes dem call dem deportee (not di toyata ones)

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Really is there any evidence to suggest that this is so or is it just the GOJ spin?

[RichD]

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Really is there any evidence to suggest that this is so or is it just the GOJ spin?

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i dont thin there is any real evidence (I though i saw the other day that the gov planning a study) but if you as many jamaicans (including those on here ) tehy are of the opinon that this is the case. personally i havent seen anything to convince me that it is fact.

[Tuff Gong]

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<span style="color: #660000">Link Jamaican and UK school systems - principal</span>
published: Wednesday | April 4, 2007

Wentworth Gabbidon, acting principal of the Albert Town high school in Trelawny, says there are aspects of the British education system that could benefit Jamaica.

Mr. Gabbidon, who recently completed a three-month fellowship in the Unitd Kingdom, where he examined the British education system, also noted that Britain could also benefit from the Jamaican system as the country is on par with the U.K. system.

He said the areas of resources and assistance to teachers, the setting of targets for students and self evaluation in schools could be of use in the Jamaican system.

Mr. Gabbidon, a past president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), said the U.K. could benefit from areas of classroom control and discipline. He was selected for the fellowship by the JTA. The programme is organised by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the British Council.

He was one of six Commonwealth Fellows on the programme and was placed at the Mosley Secondary School in Birmingham. He was also able to visit several other schools in the area. During the placement, he shadowed the head, as the emphasis was on education leadership and management structures.

"We all learnt much as the programme also included a one-week leadership workshop and also in terms of education leadership and how it operates in the United Kingdom," he said.

One area of concern he had was the under-performance of Afro Caribbean boys, which he said could becaused by community and cultural differences. Gabbidon suggested that one initiative which could help to address the problem was the establishment of links between schools in the U.K. and Jamaica.

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070404/news/news5.html

[Morpheous]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">After Blackman Time now we cannot/could not:

* police ourselves we have to bring cops to the highest ranks of the force.
* secure out port and collect customs we have to bring in foreigners for that.
* build roads, we have to bring in foreigners for that.
* build, manage and furnish hotels we have to bring in foreigners for that.
* build proper housing, we have to bring in foreigners for that.
* build and maintain schools we have to bring in foreigners for that.
* cannot educate ourselves, we have to bring in foreigners for that.
* run a public bus service, we have to bring in foreigners for that.
* connect a sewage system we have to bring in foreigners for that
* make cement, we have to bring in foreigners for that
we cannot build pit toilets, we had to bring in foreigners for that
* provide quality go-go dancing and prostitution, we had to import foreigners for that
* operate in bond stores, we had to import foreigners for that
* trains, boats, planes, the law books at the Supreme Court, curriculum books for kids in school, the same story



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I was shocked to see/learn a british deputy high commissioner of police in Jamaica hold such a position in Jamaica police force! When a foreigner hold such a rank with the Jamaican police force it says a lot about how independent Jamaica really is. Our 7 heroes died for nothing! How many foreigners hold high office/rank in others sectors in Jamaica?

[Q3210]

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We need one like NOW for the RGD Register Generals Dept.
Many Many Jamaicans cannot obtain birth certs. and other recorded stuff. The place is in shambles.
They offer express service at a cost and some cases years pass by with no avail.

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Q3210</div><div class="ubbcode-body">We need one like NOW for the RGD Register Generals Dept.
Many Many Jamaicans cannot obtain birth certs. and other recorded stuff. The place is in shambles.
They offer express service at a cost and some cases years pass by with no avail. </div></div>

I suspect that if and when a JLP Government come to power they are going to deal in a decisive way with the so-called Executive Agencies and the Civil Service generally.

I think it is such a politically sensitive issue that you will not here anything out of them till the right time come.... At least I hope so!

[Englan Girl]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One area of concern he had was the under-performance of Afro Caribbean boys, which he said could becaused by community and cultural differences. Gabbidon suggested that one initiative which could help to address the problem was the establishment of links between schools in the U.K. and Jamaica. </div></div>

Seeing as these Afro-Caribbean boys (and girls) have even less to do with the Caribbean than their parent(s), I am not sure where the cultural difference comes in. I'd be glad to see a program where UK children are schooled in JA or other Caribbean/African countries for a term. I'd definitly put some money in for that.

[Morpheous]

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It is a myth that Jamaica education system is failing the youths. My experience up to high school is that the teachers in Jamaica are the best I have come across. Racism is practically non existent in schools and even the spelling b contest I watched on TV for the little kids was mind blowing and made me proud. These kids are spelling words with 15+ letters!

Jamaica don't need help from britain - its education system is failing many minorities due to institutional racism. Jamaica only need to step up her game in higher education - more universities need to be built; so many good and reputable high schools all in their own right but only one university - not acceptable!

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: More4us</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It is a myth that Jamaica education system is failing the youths.

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It is funny you are saying that in the face of years of declining scores and passes in GSAT and CXC examinations.
Also with the Minister of mis-Education herself admitting that there are some schools in Jamaica that have never had a CXC Pass in over ten years.

When the read articles like the one that I am about to quote from, you arguments seems not to square with the facts of what is taking place in the Jamaican Education system now.


Beating the odds: The story of Ricardo Marsh
Career & Education
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday Observer reporter [email protected]
Sunday, February 25, 2007

<span style="color: #330000">MORE than 87 per cent of his graduating class at Kingston Technical High School (KTHS) could not read at the required level, but 19-year-old Ricardo Marsh was the exception. Indeed, he was way ahead of the pack, earning one of two Jamaica technical high school scholarships offered by the Ministry of Education in 2006.</span>

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html...ARDO_MARSH_.asp