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MoET Honours Long-Serving Civil Servants

3 November 2025 | Press Release

The Ministry of Education & Training honoured 283 long-serving public officers during its Annual Long Service Awards Ceremony, held at The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa on Saturday 18 October 2025.

Caymanian Students Shine at 2025 Healthcare Conference

28 October 2025 | Press Release

For the first time at the Annual Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference, eight Caymanian scholarship students presented their health research before national and regional experts, healthcare professionals, and policymakers.

Remediation Completed at Layman E. Scott Sr. High School

26 September 2025 | Press Release

The Ministry of Education and Training and the Department of Education Services (DES) confirm that environmental remediation works at Layman E. Scott Sr. High School have been successfully completed.

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What We Do

The Ministry of Education & Training is responsible for providing policy advice, administrative and governance support and the delivery of a range of programmes and services to the public that enable the Minister to achieve the strategic goals for Education.

The programmes, policies and legislation of the Ministry of Education & Training are aimed at supporting the best education opportunities for all our children. This includes the enhancement of teaching and learning, strengthened core curriculum in government schools and scholarship funding for tertiary education.

What We Do

Organisation & Functions

Outside of the core administrative arm of the Ministry, the Departments/Units within the Ministry’s remit include: the Department of Education Services; Early Childhood Care and Education Unit; the Scholarship Secretariat Unit; and the Cayman Islands Public Library Service.

The University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI) is the statutory authority that falls within the remit of the Ministry and a Ministry representative sits on its board.

The scope of the Ministry’s activities includes:

Policy advice, development, implementation, communication and evaluation services to the Honourable Minister, and support for legislative revisions and development
Funding and governance services by the Core Ministry to its Departments/Units, and, on the Minister’s behalf, for UCCI. The Ministry also manages executive expenditure and executive assets which fall within the Minister’s areas of responsibility
General secretarial and administrative services to the Honourable Minister, as well as services to support the administration of the Education Council.

The Ministry's functions are as follows:

Planning and Policy Services - Formulates national policies and those specific to government schools.
Administration - Provides strategic direction for all government schools.
Legislative & Regulatory Services - Supports the enhancement of teaching and learning in schools through the following:
- Increased use of online and computerised testing;
- Strengthened core curriculum across government primary and secondary schools;
- Provision of scholarship funding for advanced, specialised tertiary education;
- Placement of compulsory age students with special needs in alternative educational institutions;
- The registration of teachers;
- The registration of educational institutions.