Neither does UB understand because competent students for them need C. Otherwise they need remedial classes.

You see, Comrade Jeff - have you not given any thought to what Jesus, will thinks about a substantive minister of Queen's crown - abandoning a whole segment of the just doesn't understand their government - mostly Christian popoulaces, yes, no ....

Wow. Just Wow.
I wonder though, if the people grading these exams are themselves products of the "D" average system he seems to think acceptable.
FAILURE.

No but it's so funny because when he **wasn't** the Minister... "oh the exam results are horrible, I can bring reform and change!"<br/>
But now that he's Minster of Education... "the public doesn't understand the results, students are actually doing fine."<br/>
When will you people admit that neither governments have brought any significant improvement in education. <br/><br/>
Come out of your ivory towers at headquarters, get into the schools and find out what's really going on and how you can provide **real** support and change!! smh

We can get a grasp on the results very easily.

Just ask the employers how the graduating students are doing. Simple

Let us be honest .......... Most Bahamians over 50 either did not sit a single GCE O'Level or if they did, probably got low GCE pass grades. But they are so "smart" that they are quick to condemn the children today. Thank God ....... there is no more Common Entrance exam.

Those "good ole days" surely did not produce a lot of high GCE grades when only 10% of public school students took the GCE exams. Now, 85% of public school students sit BGCSE exams and are graded A to G.

There is no more selection of "smart" students to sit the BJC or BGCSE exams ....... all students are encouraged to sit the exams in public schools in order to meet graduation standards. It is unfair to compare the few high performing private schools with all others. This elitist mentality must stop. But our people always love to live a double standard.

But that is where we are today ........ and we care not to reflect on what we did in the past.

It's excuse making idiots who are responsible for many in our country being content with the worst rather than striving for the best. The quality of education received by all students in our public and private schools prior to the 1990s was far superior in every respect compared to what it is today. And that's a simple enough fact that most Bahamians over the age of 50 would not argue with. As for Jeff Lloyd, he is without a doubt the absolute worst minister of education the Bahamas has ever had.

Most Bahamian public school parents are probably ashamed to tell their high school children their own school exam grades .......... but they are quick to condemn the schools today.

Many "successful" Bahamians sitting in high social positions will equally be embarrassed to share their high school GCE grades ............ We should be careful how we compare eras

To check boxes required basic constitutionality obligations, the minimum education level any colony's born comrades be hired like for mid-level jobs, should be function whilst doing basic adding and subtractions arithmetic, have a fair command Queen's English, a good handle on pronunciations, and a grasp basic grammar, yes, no ....

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
How's The Bahamas doing?
I am not criticizing the students, I am criticizing the whole system and the adults that this system has produced.
We don't need to talk. Just look around. Have we not failed? Yes, no?

No one is criticizing the students. They are victims of a failed educational system that seems beyond repair. How many years of graduating kids must we fail?
There is also no doubt that parents are failing their children, and no state can replace good firm parenting.
Until the root causes of societal dysfunction including education are recognized no patch job or ministerial personality can fix much of anything.

So the Minister of Education gives the public a 'D' for comprehension--- that's rich!

All one must do is talk to a fellow bahamian (including our politicians) and you can come to a clear judgment of our education system.

Myself and other "top students" who were lucky enough to attend latter years of high school and college / university abroad know all too well that what we had to do was play catch up all the way through.

Arriving in another country having been a top student, and to find myself what seemed like miles behind the other students showed me what a farce our system is.

Fellow students at my boarding highschool spoke better and had more knowledge than my Bahamian teachers.

Speaking to my fellow Bahamians, Listening to their thoughts and opinions , sparks an outrage from within, a whole populous defrauded with garbage education.

Notice, the leaders don't care, and will do as little as possible. If they cared , and wanted a truly educated populous, they would throw every dollar and possible trick into the educations system to make things right. But they don't !

Its just like "health care", just enough so that you can continue to be a little worker slave, and nothing more.

Very well said and absolutely spot on in every respect.