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On this site you will find information about the reforms in our educational system, specifically in Preparatory Secondary Vocational Education (PSVE).
PSVE is the merger of CXC, CCSLC & TVET with tertiary education. The CXC / CSEC stream will be twofold:
1.The new Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC)
2.CSEC Examination
The Central Government started implementing CCSLC as of 2007. It will start in Form 1 and will be examinable when students have acquired the requisite skills at the end of Form 2 or Three. Opportunities for students in other forms will be done when the faculty recognizes the need for it.
Saba has one school for CXC & TVET: the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS). The SCS is committed to providing the diverse student population with a dynamic and meaningful educational experience, which will prepare them for the challenges of the twenty first century.
Some of the characteristics of PSVE are:
- To enable all students regardless of gender, economic status or physical limitations to be provided with equal opportunity to access all academic, technical/vocational programmes and extra-curricular activities, as part of a diversified curriculum.
- To ensure that all students and staff function in a safe and cooperative learning environment.
- To foster continuous curriculum and professional development among staff members that will promote implementation of a variety of instructional strategies and assessment that correlate with student’s ability levels and learning styles.
- To strengthen and enhance the learning process while ensuring that the opportunities and advantages of the CSEC/CXC programmes at Years 3-5 are presented to prospective students and their parents, in order that informed decisions are made regarding student welfare and student choices.
- To ensure that the Secondary Vocational Education programme is supported by academic, technical, personal/social counselling that will facilitate positive student development.
- To promote a sense of individual responsibility in students and foster a commitment to teamwork and pride in their accomplishments.
- To ensure that students attain the competencies, skills and abilities that will equip them to function in a technological society, for success in the world of work or pursuing further studies, according to their aspirations.
- To encourage and facilitate increased parent/guardian, government and wider community involvement in the educational process and extra-curricular activities at the school level.
School and community relationships will be strengthened through cooperative attachments, guest speakers, monitoring programmes and close collaborative initiatives with the School Board and Department of Education, functioning in advisory capacities. |
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INNOVATIVE ASPECTS OF PSVE