The conference made tremendous strides towards establishing the environment that will boost teacher quality. The discussions and decisions surrounded arrangements with the Eastern Caribbean Joint Board of Teacher Education and the need for it to be responsive to the needs of the Member States. A call was also made to improve on the partnership and networking between Ministries of Education, Teachers’ Colleges and Schools.” Mrs Simon further elaborated that the EDMU will continue to serve as facilitator and enabler to the networking required to achieve one voice in re-engineering OECS Teacher Education and Professional Development.

I appreciated the collaborative approach to the conference from two different levels. Each Member States was represented as well as the diversity of education professionals who took part of the discussions. We hope to build a plan of actions owned by all of us and that we are all committed to implement. Chief Education Officer for Anguilla Mrs Rhonda Connor said.

The quality of teaching is not just about the initial preparation of the teachers but also about the continuing development of the teachers and we were exposed to a number of models which we can try when we get back to our various territories. Vice Principal of Antigua State College Dr. Patricia Benn stated.

This conference enabled us to have a deeper mutual understanding of the challenges that we are facing despite the differences between the education system in Martinique and the other OECS Member States. We have to share more experiences to be able to create synergies and use our limited resources wisely. Ghislaine Shuller, Educative Cooperation Officer at the Academy of Martinique said.

• Restructuring the Eastern Caribbean Joint Board of Teacher’s Education to be more responsive to the needs of the member states
• Enhancing continuing professional development of teachers
• Increasing actions research implemented by teachers educators in national colleges.
• Creating a structure to facilitate discussions between demand and supply related to education (e.g: increase cooperation between Ministries of Education and teachers’ colleges).

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