Integrating know-how into educating, making curricula culturally related, emphasising essential communication expertise, assessing college students for studying fairly than certification, and inspiring trainer adaptability are the daring methods wanted to revolutionise Caribbean training, in response to Professor Joel Warrican, Director of the Caribbean Academic Analysis Centre.
In his tackle throughout the keynote session Indigenising and Decolonising Schooling for Nationwide and Regional Transformation, delivered throughout the Regional Symposium and Coverage Dialogue on Remodeling Schooling on Wednesday, October 3, 2024, Professor Warrican argued that the colonial legacy of “divide and conquer,” hierarchical faculty buildings, Eurocentric curricula, and an overreliance on rote studying have created a stratified society within the Caribbean that has additionally stifled entrepreneurial mindset throughout the area.
“If we didn’t have an issue, we wouldn’t be doing training as we do it as we speak. We have now kids leaving faculty simply wanting a job as a result of our training system didn’t encourage entrepreneurial considering,” The College of the West Indies primarily based educator remarked.
To attain significant transformation in Caribbean training, Professor Warrican, who holds a Ph.D. in Schooling, Language, and Literacy, referred to as for brave management and creativity. He emphasised that distrust of regionally generated options stays a serious barrier to progress, urging the area to maneuver away from elitism and classism, and undertake a unified, research-driven method to policymaking for sustainable change.
“The worst factor to me is to see the insularity that exists within the Caribbean; that all of us need to function on our personal; all of us need to tick our personal packing containers, to say now we have performed this fairly than coming collectively and dealing collectively. There isn’t any motive why any single Caribbean nation – and we’re all speaking the identical language about transformation – there is no such thing as a motive why we shouldn’t be tackling training transformation as a bunch as area, not as a rustic,” he careworn.
Professor Warrican additionally inspired stakeholders to embrace homegrown innovation that meets worldwide requirements and scale back dependence on donor-funded fashions. He referred to as for a long-term monetary dedication to make sure sustainable transformation inside the area’s training system.
The three-day Regional Symposium and Coverage Dialogue on Remodeling Schooling, hosted by the Caribbean Improvement Financial institution (CDB) in collaboration with the Caribbean Group (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Organisation of Jap Caribbean States Fee, and The College of the West Indies, marks the start of a month-long collection of occasions geared toward advancing the training transformation agenda within the area.
