The Virtual Subject Association is expected to be created by next month and looks consolidate the input from educators across the Caribbean to help address concerns detected in the subject areas of Mathematics and English.
The move is being introduced by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) as the regional institute continue to evaluate the performance at its most recent examinations.
CXC Registrar, Dr Didacus Jules, is advocating every teacher of Mathematics and English, every Curriculum Officer and University lecturer, from across the Caribbean who is concerned about the subjects, be a part of the proposed Association.
“The grouping" he proposes will allow for educators across the region to fall into sub-groupings working with their, working virtually to develop lesson plans, "to develop pedagogical materials, quizzes and so on to put online.”
Already the CXC body has been working with e-learn in Jamaica with materials already being posted online.
CXC, Dr Jules says, is currently working with several Governments of the Region to make the Virtual Association become a reality.
Virtual groups, he explained, could even be embraced by individual schools which may have a large Mathematics Department thereby allowing all teachers to do their own sub-groupings and collaborate.
Further still, he revealed that at the individual level students can have their own study groups with their peers by sharing notes and materials.
“So it is really the power of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to create a community of learning that is focused on doing better, learning more and being more excited about knowledge.”
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