education: the anchor for caribbean sustainability dr. didacus jules director general oecs
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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