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PM Skerrit addressing attendees at consultation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has described a meeting held with principals and senior teachers of primary schools in Dominica last week as constructive and \u201cvery positive\u201d.<\/p>\n

A series of consultations concerning educational reform were held at the State House Conference Centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met with principals and senior teachers of all the primary schools in Dominica at 10:30 AM. That went on until about 1:30 PM,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a very constructive engagement, very positive suggestions coming out from them in respect to what we believe the education reform should look like and the good thing is there is agreement that the system needs to change a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cFrom 2:30 PM we met with representatives of the PTAs across the country, and that itself was also very constructive.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, there is a clear positive view amongst involved parties that changes are necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey made suggestions of what they believe those changes should comprise of and the next step is to have a national symposium where we invite a wide cross-section of stakeholders and, of course, [put] a national team to look at how we fashion that reform that will take effect in September of 2025,\u201d Skerrit explained.<\/p>\n

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He went on to add that reform is an evolving process so the country will not be able to implement every aspect of what is being proposed in September. However, he added, the most important thing is for us to start.<\/p>\n

The prime minister pointed out that the world has changed dramatically.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many more opportunities, there are many more challenges, but the system that we have was tailored for a particular point in time [and] that point in time has long gone,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

This, he said, is not a challenge or concern exclusive to Dominica; it is a regional and international challenge, where countries are talking about reforming their system to make it more responsive and adapting it to the present challenges of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has described a meeting held with principals and senior teachers of primary schools in Dominica last week as constructive and \u201cvery positive\u201d. 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