Reshaping education to meet the needs of contemporary society

Kelly Mekdeci is Director of the Georgetown International Academy

By Kelly Mekdeci

Participants in a survey of 400 US employers identified professionalism, work ethic, oral and written communications, teamwork and collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving as the most important proficiencies for secondary school and university graduates to possess. Guyana’s business community would likely generate a similar list of desired skills. Most would also agree that a good education is one that prepares the student for well-rounded success in his or her future. However, parents tend to measure the