Education Week in Turks and Caicos Islands

#TurksandCaicos, March 6, 2023 – The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sport and Social Services is pleased to announce the activities for Education Week 2023 under the theme, “Human Capital Development: Success for Every Learner”

 The Education sector will commence the week of activities with an Ecumenical Service on each island on Sunday, 5 March at:

Revival Faith Centre – Grand Turk, 11:00 a.m.

Church of God of Prophecy – Middle/North Caicos, 11:00 a.m.

Community Christian Fellowship – Providenciales, 9:00 a.m.

On South Caicos the Ecumenical Service Will be held Monday, 6 March at Wesley Methodist Church at 10:00 a.m.

Hon Rachel M Taylor, Minister of Education, and her team will lead School administrators, Teachers, students and parents as they gather in corporate worship to give thanks to God for another year of success in the formal education process.

On Monday, 6 March at 6:00 p.m. the Education Symposium will convene at Beaches Turks and Caicos to address the topic, “Improving Teacher Retention in the 21^st Century and Beyond Through Support and Development.”  The Keynote speaker will be Hon Robert Hall, former Minister of Education and a panel of former and current educators will discuss the topic. The Minister of Education will bring the closing remarks.

Technical Vocational Education and Training is critical to labour force development and high schools across the country in collaboration with the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College will display some of the work being done in this area.  On Tuesday, 7 March, the public is invited to visit schools where they will have the opportunity to speak with students about what they are learning and see samples of work that students would have completed since the commencement of the school year.

The Ministry will also launch Phase 2 of the Notesmaster Curriculum Writers Training and Content Development Project on Tuesday, 7 March 2023.  The critical components of this project involves the following:

1. Stakeholder Sensitization;
2. Technical Development of a standalone MOE Turks and Caicos Islands Notesmaster     Learning Management System (LMS) for stakeholder access to digital lessons.
3. Training of all teachers so that they are able to access the resources and remix the          available content to suit the teaching and learning needs.
4. Professional Development in the effective use of the technology in classrooms using     live classrooms in K1 to Grade 11 classes; and
5. Training of parents/guardians to help them develop a basic understanding of how          the LMS platform works.

The FortisTCI Annual Science and Technology Fair will commence on Wednesday, 8 March at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex with the National Primary School Science Quiz from 9:00 a.m. until noon and the Grand Finale of the National High School Debate from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.  On Thursday, 9 March the public is invited to view the Science Project and Poster Competition from 1:00 pm until 4:00 p.m. and to witness the Awards Ceremony slated to commence at 5:00 p.m.  This is the first time we are staging the Project and Poster aspects of the FortisTCI Annual Science and Technology Fair since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the excitement has been building for what promises to be a memorable event.

On Thursday, 30 March the Ministry will recognise, celebrate and award the work of Teachers across the school system through a Teacher’s Appreciation Gala which will be held on Providenciales.