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Our Aims and Objectives
The responsibility of the Education Department within the corporate agenda of the States is: "To consolidate and develop best value policies for education and lifelong learning which promote equality of educational opportunity and which are directed to ensure the best quality of education is obtained for the individual and for the community as a whole."
Implicit in the political context of achieving best value is the Education Department's aim to help build a competitive economy and inclusive society by:
- creating opportunities for everyone to develop their learning
- releasing potential in people to make the most of themselves
- achieving excellence in standards of education and skills.
Education has a wide-ranging contribution to make to the well-being of the Island's community.
The Education Department will work with others to support the provision of Lifelong Learning facilities which give people the ongoing opportunity to improve and update their education and skills. The Education Department will work co-operatively with other States Departments and agencies to ensure that all children and young people of Guernsey and Alderney have the best possible start in life and are: Healthy and Nurtured, Safe, Achieving and Active, Respected and Responsible, Included.
Objectives of the Education Department
In order to achieve its aim, the Education Department has identified three overarching general objectives. They are to:
1. give children an excellent start in education so that they have a better foundation for future learning
2. enable all pupils to develop and equip themselves with the skills, knowledge and personal qualities needed for life and work
3. encourage and enable young people and adults to learn, improve their skills and enrich their lives.
There are five specific strategic objectives that underpin the work of the Education Department:
1. Early intervention to support children and families to lay the foundations for later success - not just in education, but also in supporting the welfare and well-being of the whole child, through effective interagency working.
2. A continuing drive to ensure that every child leaves primary school with the basics in reading, writing, maths and ICT, and an enjoyment of learning, built through a broad, balanced, engaging, creative and relevant curriculum
3. Developing secondary and further education which widens choice, stretches and engages the individual and prepares young people for adulthood.
4. A commitment to working towards wider participation in all aspects of learning and training.
5. Ensuring that the individual has the opportunity to commit to lifelong learning, which meets both the needs of the individual and the Community.
Director of Communications, Nicky Bougourd
Address: PO Box 32, Grange Road, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 3AUTel: +44 01481 733076 Fax: +44 01481 714475 Email: nbougourd@education.gov.gg
