{"id":206304,"date":"2024-07-09T17:18:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T21:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=206304"},"modified":"2024-07-09T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T21:18:36","slug":"when-it-comes-to-education-less-is-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/when-it-comes-to-education-less-is-more\/","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to education, less is more"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When it comes to education, less is more<\/p>

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The Ministry of Education has released results of the Grade 6 national assessment. There is concern for those students who did not pass, and the officials are wondering what should be done to bring them up to the expected mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has anyone ever stopped to consider that national assessments may actually be responsible for poor student achievement? I graduated from primary school in the 90s, and the very first national assessment I did was when I reached Grade 6. <\/p>

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We did not have any SBAs to do either.<\/p>

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Over the years, the primary school education curriculum has become overwhelming. In fact, many parents are complaining that the academic requirements of pre-school are burdensome! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are we pushing education down the throats of young children?<\/p>

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Our children are burned out and turned off from education by the time they reach secondary school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, because the primary school syllabus is loaded, they don\u2019t really learn anything \u2013 all they do is drill and cram facts for the next exam. <\/p>

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We should not be surprised that grades at CSEC are often undesirable, because by the time children get to secondary school they are demotivated.<\/p>

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One of the best education systems in the world is that of Finland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They don\u2019t start academics before the age of 7! Imagine that \u2013 age 7! They don\u2019t need to know how to read before that age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Ministry of Education in Antigua and Barbuda is giving children exams at the age of 7! Some primary schools are teaching kindergarten students to write in cursive! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Finnish students aren\u2019t required to write any national exams before the age of 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optometrists have found that starting academics early increases a child\u2019s risk of developing nearsightedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearsightedness increases a person\u2019s risk of developing more serious eye diseases that can cause blindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finland also abolished homework. I know this point is controversial, but many parents are complaining that the amount of homework children get in primary school overwhelms them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least have an age\/class limit \u2013 no homework for children in kindergarten to grade 4, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Education laments the failure of some students, but it is the policies of the Ministry of Education that directly cause these failures. A massive change is needed urgently!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Harriet Tubman<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n
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