Education and Employment Directorate
Renamed the Directorate of Education and Employment, its main office has recently relocated from the Canister in Main Street, to the premises of the Education Learning Centre, the Ex-Jamestown First School situated in the middle of market Street, Jamestown.
Under the leadership of the Director of Education and Employment, supported by a staff compliment of 148, the Directorate of Education plays a major role in the development of St Helena.
Adapting the UK national Curriculum for local use, the Directorate of Education and Employment continues its aim to raise the island’s education standards through its primary and secondary schools, promoting lifelong learning through its Adult Vocational Education programmes and developing appropriate programmes for students with special needs.
For students wishing to further their education outside of normal school hours, the Directorate of Education provides evening classes for a variety of subjects and encourages distance learning or online correspondence courses. From time to time there is also the opportunity for a number of students to study abroad but this is dependent on individuals meeting the required criteria, and the number of scholarships on offer at any one time. More recently, due to a decline in the number of teachers and skills available and, with improvements in St Helena’s telecommunications, the islands’ high school students at Prince Andrew School receive tutoring sessions via video conferencing.
The Directorate’s key services include:
Provision of primary sector education for pupils from the age of 4 to 11 years at Harford, Pilling and St Paul’s Primary schools
Provision of secondary education for students 11 years of age and over at the island’s only High School, Prince Andrew School
Provision of tailor made programmes for special needs students
Recruitment of local and international teachers and instructors
Local and overseas training and professional development of teaching and support staff
Provision of a Public Library and a Mobile Library service which operates in the rural areas on a weekly basis
Provision of a lifelong learning through appropriately structured programmes developed by the Adult and Vocational Education Service
Websites:
Email: edu.admin@cwimail.sh
Telephone: + (290) 2607
Fax: + (290) 2461
Postal:
Directorate of Education
Education Learning Centre
Market Street
Jamestown
Island of St Helena
South Atlantic Ocean
STHL 1ZZ