Antoinette Gayle has created something in the lab she didn’t think was possible. “If someone said to me in January, ‘Can we do chemistry and physics with distance learning?’ I would have said no,” said Gayle, an assistant professor in science at the University College of the Cayman Islands.
By shifting to online learning midway through its spring semester, the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) has responded to COVID-19 restrictions and continued to offer a full schedule of classes across its growing list of programmes and degree options.
The countries of the English-Speaking Caribbean, sometimes described as dots of sand in the Caribbean Sea, have been punching above their weight in the world.
‘Just as a well-trained mind is a country’s most important resource, a competent teacher, motivated and empowered, is invaluable for national progress.’ Livingston Smith
A report produced this week by the Office of Education Standards on the success of the home schooling of Cayman’s children since schools closed mid-March has found that it has not been a good substitute for students actually attending school.
George Floyd, a black American, was murdered by Minneapolis police on May 25. The independent autopsy says that Mr. Floyd died of "asphyxiation from sustained pressure" when his neck and back were compressed by Minneapolis police officers during his arrest.
The global environment has changed dramatically since COVID-19. The International Labour Organization says that nearly half of the world’s workers are at immediate risk of losing their jobs, so far more than 344,00 lives have been lost, with more than 5.3 million confirmed cases.
‘If you spend just 15 minutes a day, reading at the average rate of 300 words a minute, you will read a million and a half words a year—or an average of 20 books! But, of course, you have to devote these 15 minutes every day,’ says Ralph M. Besse, writing in the Foundation of Economic Education....
The Scholarship Secretariat Unit would like to remind the public as well as all scholarship applicants and recipients to send all queries to scholarships@gov.ky for response as the Unit is operating remotely.
Further to the announcement of the extended school closure until the end of the academic year, the MEYSAL has issued policy guidance to all compulsory education institutions to ensure continuity of education during the physical closure of school sites.