Chairman of the Education Transformation Oversight Committee, ETOC, Dr. Adrian Stokes says Jamaica’s education sector must raise its standards for teachers and the salaries they are paid.
Speaking Friday morning at a press conference at the University of the West Indies Mona Regional Headquarters, Dr. Stokes referenced the high standards used by other countries to get teachers into the sector.
He says Jamaica should seek to adopt similar requirements from its teachers.
Dr. Stokes says teachers with a record of good performance should be rewarded with salaries that rival other sectors.
He says higher levels of accountability are necessary for the output of students to be more favourable.
Dr. Adrian Stokes, chairman of ETOC.
