Teachers' Work & Ed. Reform - Research Report- June 2000

Introduction: Study Context

As part of its 1998-99 Work Plan, the Eastern Caribbean Education Reform Project (ECERP) conducted an investigation of Eastern Caribbean teachers' views of their work, working conditions and the current education reform program. Teachers are the critical interface between the broad systemic reforms now being undertaken in the Eastern Caribbean and student outcomes including motivation, school completion and academic achievement. Their role is critical to successful education reform, but their point of view on their work and their role in education reform has never, until now, been examined systematically at the sub-regional level.