Cayman Islands nonprofit seeking to improve education through digital journalism
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09/12/2022
You can now find all 5 episodes of our Island Jobs documentary series on TVET and STEM Education in Cayman on www.CaymanCurrent.org
06/12/2022
In Episode 4 of Island Jobs, we look at TVET and STEM education programs in Cayman Islands schools -- https://www.caymancurrent.org/
04/12/2022
In the 3rd episode of Islands Jobs, we talk to interns who are getting on-the-job training in STEM and TVET professions: https://youtu.be/Pq78mzltbTM
30/11/2022
In the 2nd episode of Island Jobs, we enter the classrooms where students of all ages -- from early childhood to adulthood -- are learning about TVET and STEM. https://www.caymancurrent.org/
28/11/2022
It's finally here! The 1st episode of "Island Jobs," our 5-part documentary series on TVET and Stem Education in the Cayman Islands -- is online now!
Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and other officials toured the canteen facility at UCCI as part of planning for the continued rollout of the school meals programme.
The Cayman Islands Cadet Corps concluded its 20th Anniversary camp on 15 July after welcoming Cadets from Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Barbados, with local Cadets from Cayman.
Twenty-eight children can now use the SNAP strategy confidently for positive decision making after attending the Family Resource Centre’s fifth annual SNAP camp from 10-15 July.
Education Council Scholarship recipients newly accepted to study in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom will receive one-time grants of $500 or $1,500 toward costs of obtaining visas.
Nine Cayman Islands high school students will head to Switzerland in October to compete against robotics teams from 180 countries in the FIRST Global Challenge.
Since the start of the 2021-2022 academic year, DES has approved about 123 homeschooling applications, with scores of parents also expressing interest in engaging their children in homeschooling.
More than a year since law enforcement began looking into reports of alleged misconduct toward students at Red Bay Primary School, “The investigation is still ongoing.”
Ministry of Education Chief Officer Cetonya Cacho is taking a new role within the Office of the Deputy Governor. Deputy Chief Officer Lyneth Monteith will become acting Chief Officer of Education.
Cayman Current editor Patrick Brendel appeared on a UK television programme to discuss Cayman Islands news, including the local cost of living and ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.
The COVID pandemic has challenged all stakeholders in the Cayman Islands education system — including teachers, parents and students — forcing them to adapt to new systems, routines and technology. The disruptions have led to negative consequences on mental health and academic progress, but lessons learnt from COVID will be carried forward to improve the education system going forward.
Thank you to the Cayman Compass for publishing our new monthly feature as part of a collaboration between the non-profit Cayman Current and the country's newspaper of record.
After a rise in exam performance during 2020, results regressed last year, with around half of Year 11 students not reaching the expected standard.
21/06/2022
Public Nursery classes still on PACT agenda, local schools battle COVID learning loss, new Current-Compass collaboration, and more!
Make sure to pick up this week's copy of the Compass newspaper to see the Current Education Connection -- a new collaboration where the Compass publishes a monthly feature on education from the Current.
16/06/2022
The Ministry of Education implemented a new policy on Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) at the beginning of this school year, applying to both public and private schools in the Cayman Islands.
Younger public primary school students will be given free swimming lessons as part of their PE curriculum, thanks to a public-private partnership and a mobile swimming pool.
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EDBEAT E9 - Feeding our Future
For about a decade now, the non-profit Feed Our Future has been providing meals for students in need at local schools. This week Cayman Life TV's April Cummings and Cayman Current's Patrick Brendel chat with Stacey VanDevelde about the PACT Government's decision ensure all children in Government schools are fed, the importance of nutrition and what Feed Our Future is hoping will come of this announcement.
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About the Cayman Current
The Cayman Current is a digital-first, nonprofit, nonpartisan media organisation that informs, promotes civic engagement and facilitates discourse on education in the Cayman Islands.
The Current is incorporated as a Cayman Islands charitable company, and has been approved for registration as a Cayman Islands Non-Profit Organisation.
As a nonprofit, the Current is supported by individual contributions, corporate sponsorships and grants. An up-to-date list of the Current’s donors and sponsors will be published on our site.
As a nonprofit, the Current does not rely on the same revenue streams as existing for-profit media — i.e. subscriptions or display advertising. The Current is not a competitor to existing media; we are a resource for the entire community, including those news outlets.
Our mission is to improve education in Cayman by informing the community, increasing public engagement and providing greater accountability for decision-makers and the system itself.
The Current’s content appears on our website, www.CaymanCurrent.org. Our content is free to the public. The Current does not have its own print publication, radio station, TV broadcast, etc.
In furtherance of our mission, all of the Current’s content is available for republication by other news outlets, in any medium, free of charge.
Additionally, the Current is actively seeking out partnerships with other media to pursue journalism projects on the issue of education.
Public service journalism is generally defined as reporting on issues that are of common concern to society.
For the Current, this means our focus will be entirely on education — which we believe to be the most important issue facing Cayman.
The nonprofit model frees us from undue concerns over metrics such as pageviews, ‘clicks’, ‘reach’, etc. The Current is a mission-focussed organisation. Our mission is to improve education through our journalism.
While we will actively seek out and encourage people to submit their viewpoints on education, the Current will not feature its own opinions, nor will we have newspaper-style, anonymous institutional editorials.