Building a learning nation

The Cayman Islands are gaining recognition the world over for building world-class learning spaces which reflect both 21st-Century thinking and the islands’ rich and unique culture. Here you can share in the progress of the most innovative, exciting and highly publicised capital programme for education ever undertaken in the Caribbean. These are the reflections in real time of those who are making it happen and those whose lives will be touched; educators, parents, students, government staff, architects, planners, and providers of the services students will ultimately benefit from. The world is watching this one, so leave your comments, link to the site and get in touch if you want to know more. You can see more on the education transformation process at http://buildingexcellencetogether.blogspot.com.


02 October, 2008

The world really is watching... continued

Deputy Chief Officer Vaughan Carter, Chief Officer Mrs Angela Martins, Professor Stephen Heppell, President of cefpi Merle Kirkley, Rick Dewar and Trung Le of oWp/p (Cayman High School architects) and joined by Gareth Long, former Strategic Development Advisor (Education) who attended representing a major UK builder of 'Schools of the Future'.
The blog entry below refers to Professor Heppell promoting the work being done in the Cayman Islands as really visionary and an example to the very best practice leading to education transformation. He did this as part of his keynote speeech at the influential Annual cefpi Conference.
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What could not have been predicted however was the huge interest that has grown during this conference in not just what is happening in Cayman Islands education, but the approach taken to achieve the progress that has been achieved so far.
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Professor Heppell has often told the Ministry that the world is watching the Cayman story.. from the evidence gathered here, from delegates representing, the USA, Canada, Australia and Singapore, that is most certainly true! (GL)
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