Description

The workshops were held in the three Ministries of Education and were organised by the respective Planning Units within each state

Isues of particular interest that raised were

1 The large number of children repeating grades throughout the system (All).
2 Numbers graduating from the colleges and their suitability for teaching (St Lucia, St Vincent)
3 The way in which teachers were allocated at the primary level (St Vincent) and secondary level (St Lucia, St Vincent)

These explanations were then followed by the participants completing an exercise on each section