Objectives
- To maintain universal primary education in the sub-region.
- To improve the quality of primary education in the sub-region.
- To transform the prevailing practices of primary schooling from
emphasis on student passivity to an emphasis on active student engagement
in his or her learning, integration across subject disciplines, independent
learning and multilevel teaching.
- To provide adequately for the special needs of students who require
such.
Since countries of the OECS have developed self-sustaining systems
of primary education that are reasonably efficient in terms of attendance,
repetition of grades, drop- out and completion rates within the prescribed
duration of primary schooling, the objectives address maintaining universal
primary schooling, transforming the learning process and improving
quality to make primary education more responsive to the needs of students
requiring remediation and special education. The emphasis of the strategies
is to concentrate on capital and developmental inputs that would have
optimal impact on raising the quality of primary education while adding
only minimally to recurrent costs.
General
Philosophy
Primary education should be designed to meet the basic learning needs
of students. These needs comprise both essential learning tools (such
as literacy, oral expression, numeracy and problem solving) and the
basic learning content (such as knowledge, skills, values and attitudes)
required by human beings to be able to survive, to develop their capacities,
to live and work in dignity, to participate fully in development, to
improve the quality of their lives, to make informed decisions and
to continue learning.
Every child should have access to primary education and should master
the basic functional standards set for this level of education. |
