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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 21st 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:
- Stakeholder Sensitization;
- Technical Development of a standalone MOE Turks and Caicos Islands Notesmaster Learning Management System (LMS) for stakeholder access to digital lessons.
- 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.
- Professional Development in the effective use of the technology in classrooms using live classrooms in K1 to Grade 11 classes; and
- 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.
KINGSTON, April 29 (JIS):
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says the outcome of discussions arising from the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) will assist in guiding the Government’s planning for climate change.
This, he points out, is important for climate mitigation as well as building Jamaica’s resilience.
“We look forward to the discussions that will, no doubt, take place. We look forward to the basis of planning for the Government to streamline its investments to ensure you have the tools that you need to better advise us, that the WRA (Water Resources Authority) has the tools to digitise its monitoring network, and that all of the agencies that touch our planning mechanisms have the tools. But we need to know what we are facing, and we’re guided by your expertise,” Minister Samuda said.
He was addressing the opening ceremony for the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (April 29).
Senator Samuda said given the fact that the climate has changed and continues to do so, investments in and collaborations on building Jamaica’s predictive and scientific capacity must be prioritised.
“Ultimately, we need to be able to assess our current climatic realities if we are to better plan, if we’re to insist and ensure that our infrastructure meets the needs that we need it to. I’m very happy that this event is happening… because this is a critical issue.
“Jamaica, last year, faced its worst and most severe drought… and this year, we’re already seeing the impacts of not quite as severe a drought but, certainly, a drought with severe impacts, especially in the western part of the country,” he said.
Principal Director, Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, explained that the forum aims to, among other things, establish a collaboration platform for climate services providers and users to understand risks and opportunities of past, present and future climate developments, as well as improve inter-agency coordination of policies, plans and programmes.
Among the other presenters were Ambassador, European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen; Chief Scientist/Climatologist, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Adrian Trotman; and Head, Regional Climate Prediction Services, World Meteorological Organization, Wilfran Moufouma-Okia.
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica hosted the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) in partnership with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology and the World Meteorological Organization.
The National Stakeholder Consultation is a governance mechanism that guides how different sectors or actors work together to create products that contribute to adaptation and resilience-building. It seeks to create a road map for the development and implementation of climate services to inform decision-making.
NCF-1 aims to bridge the gap between climate providers and users. It increases the use of science-based information in decision-making and operations with the aim of generating and delivering co-produced and co-designed products and services.
CONTACT: CHRIS PATTERSON
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