Prime Minister Perry Christie said it is important that schools avoid social promotion.
“Some of the things that exist don’t make sense because a country like The Bahamas ought to be able to more efficiently dedicate its resources, allocate [those resources] to education to assist that whole educational system towards being a much better, more productive system.
Minister of Education Jerome Fitzgerald said last week that nearly 50 percent of seniors at government high schools did not meet the requirements to graduate with diplomas, and are instead awarded leaving certificates.
Fitzgerald released the results of the 2012 Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) and Bahamas Junior Certificate (BJC) exams last week.
The average grade for English Language was a D and the average grade for Mathematics was E+ in the BGCSEs.
He said the education system doesn’t recognize and help students with learning disabilities and that is something that poses a challenge for teachers and is something he hopes to address.
The Nassau Guardian
