This PowerPoint is a run through of a section of the Jamaica vision 2030 document which speaks to secondary graduates who leave school under-qualified. It gives some statistics and issues as well as the government's plans to alleviate these issues.

1. The
Issues and Solutions
Secondary school leavers do not attain standards necessary to access
further education, training and/or decent work and be productive and
successful Jamaicans
Presented by: Stephen Jones, RhoalWright, Shevanese Walsh

2. VISION 2030 JAMAICA
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

4. Low Attendance = Chronic Underachievement
Attendance/Yr
Present Absent
65%35%

5. Students Perform Below their Grade Level
Grade Level
Above Below
40-50%
40 – 50% Below
their grade Level
Approximately
300,000 children
50%

6. Qualified Secondary Graduates
Qualified Secondary Graduates
Qualified Not Qualified
20%
80%

9. Equip all faculties
especially science and
the vocational areas
with appropriate
equipment.

10. Establish standards for
secondary schools. For
example: class size,
qualifications and skill
requirements of
teachers, and resources
to support the
curriculum.

11. Everyone Can Learn:
Implement and
sustain a system
of early detection
and referral of
children with
special needs
Everyone Must Learn

12. Develop and
implement a strategy
aimed at improving
performance for the
lower secondary level
(Grades 7-9)

13. Create and maintain
an efficientTeaching
Framework to
enhance CSEC
performance

14. Create mechanisms that would
enable the school system to
integrate new and emerging
technologies and ideas to improve
the teaching and learning process.

16. Establish Monitoring
and Evaluation and
Quality Assurance
measures (e.g. establish
M&E services at each
Regional Education
Authority)

18. Institutionalize a
structured Citizenship
Education (Character
Education/Values and
Attitude Programme)
within the curriculum
for implementation in
all
 Train and equip
teachers with the
necessary skill for
implantation

19. Provide adequate
instructional and
resource manuals and
materials to support
this programme.
Institutionalize a
Learning Mentorship
programme