doors for individuals and institutions involved in education and training at
all levels;
However, use of ICT in education is not a panacea. Educational software
can be technically smart, but socially impoverished. The changes in
teaching method which the new technology typically requires at primary
and secondary levels, such as allowing people to progress at their own
pace, need to be also socially enhancing.
Grenada and the Region
need to have a reflective and evaluative rather than purely technocratic
approach to managing change in curricula and teaching methods. We
should aim at a teaching and learning framework and a network that
add local and regional socio-cultural values to support and strengthen
curriculum restructuring.
At tertiary level the main curricula needs are to ensure that training in ICT
reflects changing national standards so as to attract local and
international entrepreneurship and capital; and to ensure that it is
buttressed by the development of general business skills. Developing a
consciousness of world business standards and approaches to maximize
markets revenues is a key process in reinvigorating the traditional market
sectors. T A Marryshow College, already developing strategic partnerships
with UWI and with St George’s University, is well placed to help
consolidate local needs, and select, adapt and deliver from international
online education and training options in line with national requirements.
Smart Partnerships in delivery should seek to also develop partnerships
between public and private sector to define and share the cost of
effecting specific training requirements geared to investment in jobs and
infrastructure. This would include product certification and the kind of
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A STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR GRENADA
Anurag Sinha