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There has been a lot of quibbling and to-and-fro concerning education in Jamaica to the point where one becomes confused as to the education pathway.
At times, the ministers or party in power are blamed; other times, the teachers, the school boards, parents, deejays, talk shows, politics, sin, and even acts of God.
We need to start at the beginning. Where do we as a country want to go?
Jamaica needs to decide on a pathway to enable the acquisition of skills and expertise needed, either through our own efforts or from foreign sources.
The first step is a national aim and objective for education, an approach I learned as a student at the then Moneague Teachers' College, now the Moneague College in St Ann.
The aim is to educate, and the objective is to enable Jamaica to achieve a particular goal.
For many years Jamaica has not had a clearly articulated aim and objective for education that is known to every citizen and visitor to our shores.
During the period of slavery, the rulers could say the aim and objective for education could have been "to create a highly subservient, slavish, and productive workforce."
What could be the aims and objectives of education today, or over the 50 years of Independence, considering our current high crime rate, declining productivity, high levels of corruption, and unpatriotic and uncivilized behaviour patterns? Increased violent behaviour and also a general lack of consciousness and cooperation among us?
The aim and objective of education for Jamaica today, transcending all partisan political concerns, could simply be "To create a truly productive and patriotic Jamaican" as part of a new 2050 vision.
Michael Spence
micspen2@hotmail.com
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