Zed posted:Mitwah posted:Zed posted:Django posted:With the advent of the Internet,and all those who have acess,there is nothing stopping anyone from gaing knowledge,MIT,Khan Academy have free courses.
Controling the minds,that's for the gullible.
Your response here is so laughable and infantile. It might be better if you spend some time to really think about the issue before you respond.
Please think in terms of aaccreditation, planned curriculum, freedom to make choice about one's future, competition of access to other post secondary institutions, competition to access the job market, education as a wide basis of knowledge, achieving one's potential, etc.
Think about why the GTU will be in favour of such a proposal or why the government, through the ministry of education made such a proposal, why they will want to limit the demonstration and achieving one's potential.
Please take a look at the PPP record during their 23 years rule and please explain why there is:
- A Failed education system and why illiteracy was on the rise?
- How do children who don't have the capacity to get even a decent kindergarten start can compete for access to other post secondary institutions?
- What are you doing to help poor families who don't have the resources like the Dr. Anthonies, the Justice Georges?
I am not here to defend the educational practices of the previous government. This thread is about the government's intention to limit the number of subjects that a student can write at the CXC. Maybe, if ever we arecAlberta at the same time, we can discuss this more in depth than possible here on this site.
regarding your queries, please post the data to indicate that literacy levels declined under the PPP government so that we can have a fact-based discussion
Regarding your second query, it seems strange that you ask that because the government is trying to limit the number of subjects that students can attempt at the exam. Are you aware that the school personnel have to sign off on the subjects that the student can take? It seems then the issue is not them passing the subjects, for they have demonstrated that they can succeed, and even surpassed other students from the Caribbean at times. All of these students came thru the kindergarten system which you seem to think is a failed system. Please educate us as to what are the attributes of a good kindergarten program and how the current one differs from it and What measures and benchmarks you use to define the kindergarten system as a failed one. Many successful Guyanese came thru the education system and have progressed and are successful in so many ways.
i know what I am doing to help , not at a macro level but at a micro level. However, unlike some here, I do not seek public adoration for what my family and our contributors have done and are continuing to do.
Keep up the good work Zed! Every little bit helps! My experience when I was there a few years ago, many kids want an education and strive to do well. I taught a bit for a few weeks in 2010, it was clear the impact the parents had on their kids. The kids who were doing well, their parents checked their work and little assignments they were given! The Govt and teachers cannot do everything!