{"id":32388,"date":"2011-04-11T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T13:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=32388"},"modified":"2011-04-11T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T13:40:02","slug":"ministry-of-education-expresses-concern-about-performances-in-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/ministry-of-education-expresses-concern-about-performances-in-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Education expresses concern about performances in mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32389\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32389\" title=\"st. jean\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/st.-jean.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/st.-jean.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/st.-jean-129x113.jpg 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Jean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Minister for Education Petter Saint Jean believes the second National Mathematics Contest and the first National Excellence Principal\u2019s Award for both primary and secondary schools is another step towards<br \/>\nimproving and refining the quality of education that is being delivered here.<\/p>\n<p>The Education Minister expressed those thoughts as he addressed the launching of the two major events on April 1, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the Mathematics Contest and the National Principals\u2019 Award was designed to provide the Ministry of Education with an opportunity to identify excellence within the school system.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Jean said that his Ministry is committed to taking education to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the perspective of my office, both are strategic policy instruments that must be managed effectively and efficiently so that we may benefit from improved student output and its related outcomes and impact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister added that when students are unable to cope with mathematics at higher levels, they develop a dislike for the subject and that is a concern to the Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are compelled, therefore, to rethink the way that we teach mathematics. The Ministry of Education is very sensitive to these results and we accept that one of the first steps in addressing them is to improve the teaching skills and tools of our mathematics teachers and the supervisory skills of our principals. That is why<br \/>\nunder the Education Enhancement Programme, this year, the Government of Dominica is awarding 12 scholarships to teachers in secondary schools to pursue a first degree in mathematics. We believe this will augment their skills and so reflect on the ground in the various schools,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Government of Dominica, in recent years, has provided 95 percent financial assistance to teachers pursuing a mathematics degree at the University of the West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Education\u2019s vision is to provide quality education for the sole purpose of human resource development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister for Education Petter Saint Jean believes the second National Mathematics Contest and the first National Excellence Principal\u2019s Award for both primary and secondary schools is another step towards improving and refining the quality of education that is being delivered&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":32389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educationyouth"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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