STEM to strengthen the root

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Education Minister Ruel Reid says 100 mathematics coaches will soon be deployed to assist in strengthening primary and secondary students’ performance in mathematics in approximately 1,000 schools islandwide.

Reid said the coaches’ will primarily focus on helping mathematics teachers obtain the requisite skills to effectively deliver the subject to students.

Under the NMP, a comprehensive strategy has been implemented to: develop and implement a mathematics policy; improve teacher and teaching quality; improve the culture surrounding the teaching and learning of mathematics; and facilitate coaching for teachers.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/n...ols-islandwide

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Maths Teachers Urged To Adopt New Assessment Standards

National Mathematics coordinator, Dr Tamika Benjamin, is warning that there is a great risk the gains made in student performance in mathematics over the past few years could be eroded if educators do not change their approach to teaching, by aligning it with the new assessment standards.

There has been some disquiet among some teachers who argue that the new Primary Exit Profile (PEP), which replaces the Grade Six Achievement Test, demands too much of students.

The structure of PEP is geared towards emphasising critical thinking and analysis, the Ministry of Education has insisted, further pointing out that multiple-choice questions will not be a major feature of the exams.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/n...ment-standards

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Reid a attack this thing from all angles.
tourism training, more math teachers, STEM, more vocational training and getting youths ready for a better job market. Him look like him a gwaan good.

Mi brethren now a JTA president, make mi see how them get on fi the next two years.