The Education Ministry is seeking to address the range of learner needs at the secondary level, and ensure that quality education is provided.
The ministry hopes to achieve this through its Alternative Pathways to Secondary Education Initiative , which will see students spending seven years in high school.
The Alternative Pathways to Secondary Education Programme, launched this morning, will allow the ministry to institute programmes for children for at least 7 years, up to age 18.
Education Minister, Senator Ruel Reid says the Alternative Pathways to Secondary Programme will be rolled out this September.
The Education Minister says the initiative represents a game changer for secondary education in Jamaica, placing the country among many that have embraced the alternative pathways approach.
Education minister, Senator Ruel Reid.
He was speaking at the launch of the alternative pathways to secondary education at the University of the West Indies this morning.
I wish they would have delved into how this delta will/would impact the current crirrulicum. Will more content be added or will they just stretch out the currents of the current curriculum?
Yes! :newyear I’m all for it! children leaving school and taking on adult life too early is one of our major social issie.
The nuance of certain expenses should be done away with. Education should take on the Castro model of zero cost. We need to find out how it was possible, economically, and copy the method.
PhantomPhoenix, you know seh yuh a the first person that I thought about when I read this–as I knew that this was a pasion of yours…
Morning, Lalibela Nile. It certainly is one out of many.
PhantomPhoenix, thank you and blessed morning to you too. This cause is a worthy cause and once implemented, the country as a whole will realize the benefits.
This initiative will not alter the current curriculum by much. What the alternative pathway approach will do is provide more pathways (support) and equity in education for learners, with various learning disabilities, to learn at their pace. Learners who can manage the current curriculum will continue along that pathway while those with learning disabilities will take one of three pathways depending on their reading levels. The alternative pathway curriculum is tailored to these needs. They will be assessed in various ways instead of just by standardized tests and the ways in which the content is delivered will be geared toward their learning styles. This is just a brief explanation of what to expect from the new approach. Mind you, the entire education system is being transformed from primary level all the way up; it’s a paradigm shift.
Thanks.
Thanks for sharing–seemingly, they are going to do what they use to do in the NYC public school system back in the day. I definitely support the initiative.
Thank you! I’m all for this new idea.
What will be the overall cost impact of having students spend an additional two years in high school? Most students from the traditional high schools already spend 2-years doing CAPE subjects.
Will this mean that more classroom space will have to be built and how will this impact the current schools that are on shift system…will they be able to accommodate all the students?
Most of the upgraded high schools are total failure, so I see how extending the time in HS will make a difference. These students are really dunce to begin with…they are beyond help. Send them to HEART Trust/NTA to learn a trade.
Where there’s despair- there’s also hope.
Yet there is no hope for you, despite your never ending despair and your alignments. What does that say about you? BTW, have you look at the CSEC results for these upgraded high schools (included to save you from undertaking any form of basic research):
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CSEC RANKINGS 2014
http://www.educatejamaica.org
ALL-ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL RANKINGS
The all-island ranking shows the comparative performance of secondary schools across the entire island.
Ranking Name of school Percentage (%) of grade 11
cohort attaining Five (5) subjects
English and/or Mathematics.
1 Immaculate Conception High 100%
2 Campion College 99.5%
3 St. Hilda’s Diocesan High 98.84%
4 Hampton high 97.7%
5 Mount Alvernia High 97.66%
6 Wolmer’s Girls School 96.9%
7 Westwood High 95.21%
8 Glenmuir High 95.14%
9 DeCarteret College 94.4%
10 St. Andrew High School for Girls 92.9%
11 Convent of Mercy Academy Alpha 92%
12 Knox College 91.8%
13 Montego Bay High 89.61%
14 Morant Bay High 88.4%
15 Wolmer’s Boys School 88.1%
16 St. George’s College 88%
17 Munro College 87.7%
18 Holy Childhood High 87.6%
19 Ardenne High 86.6%
20 Merl Grove High 83%
21 Mannings High 82.7%
22 Bishop Gibson High 81.5%
23 York Castle High 79%
24 Meadowbrook High 77.8%
25 The Queen’s High School 77.6%
26 Manchester High 77.5%
27 St. Hugh’s High 75.9%
28 Kingston College 70.3%
29 Clarendon College 69.2%
30 Marymount High 68%
31 St. Jago High 60.7%
32 Charlemont High 60.1%
33 St. Mary High 60%
34 Jamaica College 59%
35 Ferncourt High 58.6%
36 Denbigh high 57%
37 May Day High 54.71%
38 Titchfield High 54.5%
39 St. Catherine High 53%
40 Annotto Bay High 53%
41 Camperdown High 50%
42 Gaynstead High 49.4%
43 Cornwall College 44.9%
44 Mona High 44.7%
45 Calabar High 43.8%
46 St. Mary’s College 40.6%
47 St. Elizabeth Technical High 39.4%
48 Rusea’s High 37.1%
49 William Knibb Memorial High 35.9%
50 Excelsior High 35.7%
51 Jonathan Grant High 34%
52 Guy’s Hill High 33.6%
53 Dinthill Technical High 31.4%
54 Frome Technical
High 31.33%
55 Oberlin High 31.1%
56 Old Harbour High 31%
57 Holland High School 30.7%
58 Irwin High 29%
59 Ocho Rios High 27.1%
60 Mile Gully High 27%
61 Black River High 25.9%
62 Iona High 25.8%
63 Papine High 25.7%
64 St. Mary Technical High 25.7%
65 Bridgeport High 25.3%
66 Garvey Maceo High 25.2%
67 Aabuthnott Gallimore High 25.1%
68 Edwin Allen High 23.2%
69 Green Island High 22.6%
70 Anchovy High 21.1%
71 Bellefield High 19.9%
72 Herbert Morrison Technical High 19.9%
73 St. Thomas Technical High 17.8%
74 Happy Grove High 17.7%
75 MacGrath High 17.6%
76 Porus High 17.5%
77 Holmwood Technical High 16.5%
78 Spaldings High 16.5%
79 Lennon High 16.1%
80 Maggotty High 15.8%
81 Green Pond High 15.5%
82 Albert Town High 15.4%
83 B. B. Coke High 15.3%
84 Jose Marti Technical High 14.9%
85 Belmont Academy 14.8%
86 Seaforth High 14.6%
87 Lacovia High 14.4%
88 Claude McKay High 14%
89 Buff Bay High 13.6%
90 Kingston Technical High 13.4%
91 Vere Technical High 13.2%
92 Tacky High 12.9%
93 Pembroke Hall 12.7%
94 Merlene Ottey High 12%
95 Port Antonio High 11.58%
96 Cross Keys High 11.3%
97 Troy High 11.3%
98 Central High 10.9%
99 Godfrey Stewart High 10.8%
100 Cambridge High 10.7%
101 Muschett High 10.6%
102 Clan Carthy High 10.3%
103 Brown’s Town High 10.2%
104 Tarrant High 10.2%
105 Kingston High 10.1%
106 Oracabessa High 10%
107 Spot Valley High 9.5%
108 Winston Jones High 9.4%
109 Vauxhall High 9.2%
110 Waterford High 9.1%
111 St. James High 9%
112 Tivoli Gardens High 9%
113 Maldon High 8.8%
114 Norman Manley High 8.8%
115 St. Andrew Technical High 8.6%
116 Maud McLeod High 8.3%
117 Edith Dalton James High 8%
118 Marcus Garvey Technical High 7.8%
119 Donald Quarrie High 7.5%
120 Ascott High 7.4%
121 Kemps Hill High 7.1%
122 Charlie Smith High 7%
123 Bog Walk High 6.8%
124 Foga Road High 6.7%
125 Petersfield High 6.6%
126 Dunoon Park Technical High 6.4%
127 Balaclava High 6.1%
128 Rhodes Hall High 6.1%
129 Mavis Bank High 5.9%
130 Greater Portmore High 5.8%
131 Lewisville High 5.6%
132 Carron Hall High 5.4%
133 Ewarton High 5.4%
134 Kellits High 5.4%
135 Newell High 5.4%
136 Christiana High 5.3%
137 Holy Trinity High 5.3%
138 Yallahs High 5.2%
139 Eltham High 5.1%
140 Tacius Golding High 5%
141 Little London High 4.6%
142 Knockalva Technical High 4.5%
143 Spanish Town High 4.4%
144 Alston High 3.8%
145 Bustamante High 3.3%
146 Cedric Titus High 3.3%
147 Thompson Town High 3.1%
148 Brimmer Vale High 3%
149 Fair Prospect High 3%
150 Glengoffe High 2.8%
151 Haile Selassie High 2.7%
152 Islington High 2.6%
153 Penwood High 2.6%
154 Grange Hill High 2.4%
155 Cumberland High 2.2%
156 Hopewell High 2%
157 Denham Town High 1.7%
158 Paul Bogle High 1.5%
159 Innswood High 0.9%
160 Trench Town High 0.8%
161 Robert Lightbourne High 0%
1 more progressive path me Govt tek…Bigup
This will be like the toll reduction.1 month.Dude think running an education system is similar to running a school.
Him need to be replaced.
Anon @10:28 the day you don’t come back here I hope is because you collapse and dead. I don’t fear death so me just speading the joy…you damn disrespectful pest.
Ase!