A total of 21,701 students are enrolled in the Sixth-Form Pathways Programme for the current academic year.
Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, said that the programme is being offered in 169 high schools and 40 tertiary or post-secondary centres.
“In order to get to these numbers where we are, obviously, we had to do some work. We had 95 regional multi-school parent-teacher association (PTA) sessions islandwide because it is important for us to engage our parents.
“We had 153 special meetings facilitated with grade-11 students in high schools, including independent schools and, of course, resensitisation sessions with secondary-school staff. We are off to another great year for our Sixth-Form Pathways,” she said.
Minister Williams said for the 2022/23 academic year, about 43 per cent of students completed some 80 hours of work experience, noting that new cohorts will be similarly engaged.
