EDITOR’S NOTE: In late January, #eduCaribbean featured weaknesses and threats in Caribbean education, in our edition 2021-02-01. We do the same in this newsletter. The only Caribbean country covered is Jamaica: which has two of our five articles. The other articles are about the Caribbean in general, Latin American and the Caribbean, or the world as a whole.
Our headline, taken from the News Room Guyana, reads: “CSEC, CAPE Postponed to June 28; Students to Write Papers I & II”. The Caribbean Examinations Council has again had to postpone the beginning of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) for two weeks.
UNICEF Adolescent Health Specialist — Dr Joanna Lai — recommends that great attention be given to mental health disorders in children and adolescents post-COVID-19. However, a Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) study reveals that only eight per cent of Jamaican children have been receiving therapy for their mental-health needs .
A new World Bank report also indicates following school closures early in 2021, millions of school-age children had already lost or were at risk of losing a full academic year of education. In an attempt to address this situation Jamaica’s Education Minister — Fayval Williams — will unveil the details of planned summer school classes in parliament next week.
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