Video: Dame Jennifer Speaks on Education
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith spoke after the Throne Speech yesterday [Nov 5] saying she intends to “under promise and over deliver so you won’t hear her saying a whole lot today about what education is going to do.” Saying “we have our work cut out for us,” Dame Jennifer said she “would rather get to work than stand here talking about various issues.”
She then spoke about amendments to the Education Act, the Cedarbridge Board, and a new effort in conjunction with the Bermuda College and the Ministry of Education, in which a Health Module will be developed for the senior schools leading to the direct employment of graduates in those healthcare fields for which they have been trained.
Education was addressed in the Throne Speech, with the applicable text being:
The adoption of the Cambridge Curriculum, is an important step towards the measurement of student performance and achievement by internationally recognized standards. To date, the curriculum has been introduced in Mathematics, Science and English.
To compliment the quality of the new curriculum, the Ministry of Education will introduce Master Principals to model effective instructional leadership which leads to improved teacher quality. This step will be part of a deliberate strengthening of site leadership to support further autonomy at the schools.
In addition, Amendments will be made to the Education Act to strengthen the Board of Education and to ensure that the structure for accountability that is to be created by the Board and the Commissioner of Education is holistic and addresses all relevant constituencies. These actions will increase student achievement, our foremost priority.
The video below shows Dame Jennifer speaking about education after the Throne Speech:
You can view other videos from yesterday’s post-Throne Speech press conference here.
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