EDUCATION: The Anchor for Caribbean Sustainability Dr. Didacus Jules Director General OECS.

EDUCATION: The Anchor for Caribbean Sustainability

Dr. Didacus JulesDirector General

OECS

KEY ELEMENTS OF CARIBBEAN SUSTAINABILITY:

REGENERATIVE SOCIETY

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY ?

“Education must simultaneously provide maps of a complex world in constant turmoil and the compass that will enable people to find their way in it”

Delors Report

BACK TO BASICS:WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION

IN THE CARIBBEAN?

JOBS:SKILLED LABOUR OR ENTREPRENEURS?

INDIVIDUAL MOBILITYSOCIAL COHESION

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PURPOSE DETERMINES STRUCTURE, CONTENT AND METHOD

PURPOSE is contextual. Is our education still a C19 or a C21 construct?

REDEFINING HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN TODAY’S CARIBBEAN

TQTechnological Quotient

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education for sustainability

KNOWLEDGE

Scientific & Technological Basic scientific principles, ICT,

Traditional & indigenous Culture,

Historical & civilizational History, Arts, Literature,

SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES

Design thinking & engineering

THINK innovationBUILD innovationTVET

Critical thinking

ATTITUDESTolerance & RespectCooperation & competitionSelf reflection

Reconceptualizing Caribbean education