RESOLUTIONS of the States which have not been implemented, amended or rescinded are likely to have the expectation that they will be acted upon, States Assembly and Constitution Committee president Carl Meerveld has told members.
The Education Law, a major piece of work by the previous ESC committee, has been put on the back burner. Helen Bowditch examines a leaked copy of the report and its implications
A NEW date has been set for the publication of recommendations on the reorganisation of the island’s secondary schools.
I write on the subject of education and the path our current ESC are now proposing. I am very concerned about what I am reading; that the States should be asked to rescind previous resolutions brought about by the so-called ‘Pause and Review’ movement, and most worryingly the challenge to meaningful reform of the Education Law.
LIBERATION DAY organisers have confirmed that plans for this year’s celebrations are in motion.
Forget what you’ve been told about the Great Education Debate – pause and review is shaping up as a sham. It’s all about political expediency instead of putting in place a new system to produce outstanding results for island children, says Richard Digard
NO EVIDENCE exists that live online learning is the best option, according to the Education president as she defends the approach being taken to schooling.
Former Education, Sport & Culture member Richard Graham fears that the new committee is on track to settle for the worst of all worlds with an option that is expensive and will not get the best out of island pupils
Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen’s requete to pause the two-school process has resulted in the now ESC president and her committee trying to unravel some of the uncomfortable consequences of that move
ABOUT 260 people have been able to go back to work after schools were opened for some pupils.
IT WOULD be illogical for the ‘unviable’ two-school model to continue being considered, says the president of Education, Sport & Culture.
EDUCATION, SPORT & CULTURE’S plans to seek to rescind States resolutions concerning secondary education must provide members with an alternative and not ‘jump into a policy vacuum’, according to Deputy Peter Roffey.
EDUCATION, Sport & Culture will be calling for the States to rescind resolutions from previous debates, so it does not need to compare its ideas to the previously suggested two-school model.
Richard Graham considers this week’s virtual States meeting
SCHOOLS, colleges and other education and early years' settings in Guernsey will remain closed for the whole of next week [starting Monday 1 February].
