4. The secondary schools are fully staffed by professionally qualified teachers. Seventy-four are employed at the Secondary School on Grand Cayman and fourteen at the Secondary School on Cayman Brac. Among the courses available to secondary school students are a range of vocational and technical ones, including: carpentry, automobile mechanics, technical drawing, computer science and secretarial science. The Government maintains a Building and Construction Trade School, a Marine Training School and a school for vocational training for persons entering the hotel and catering professions.
5. In the Cayman Islands there are, in addition to the educational institutions provided by the Government, some five primary schools, and one Secondary School maintained by recognized Churches. The Government gives annual grants and other assistance to these schools. All teachers at the schools are required to hold certificates evidencing their qualifications issued by the Education Council.
6. Scholarships are available from the Government for the pursuit of higher education to applicants possessing four or more General Certificates of Education at "O" level examinations. The Government also grants scholarships to students fifteen years of age and over to pursue degree courses overseas. Up to June 1981, 280 scholarships had been awarded. A student soft-loan scheme has also been made available from the Caribbean Development Bank for vocational, technical and professional study overseas. Teacher training is carried out by the Education Department. At present a Diploma Course in Education Management is successfully conducted locally, in conjunction with the Sheffield Polytechnic University of the United Kingdom. Other teachers are trained in universities in Canada, Jamaica, the United Kingdom and the United States, at the Government's expense.
Cultural Life
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The Government recognizes the right of every citizen to take part in cultural life and to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications.
8. The Patent and Copyright Law of the United Kingdom is locally applied, giving comprehensive protection to local inventors, writers, artists and others.
9. For a population of its size, the Islands have an unusually large number of service clubs, social and Church organizations which preserve and foster the cultural heritage of the Islands. There is a Government appointed Committee which, inter alia, advises the Government on cultural matters and in particular at present on a Sports and Culture Centre for which 318 thousand Cayman Island dollars have been set aside by the Government for 1981. Under law, a National Museum has been established under an independent Board of Control. In addition, there are two independent drama societies and an active Visual Arts Society.
10. During the current year, the Government has provided funds to send a large contingent to the Caribbean Festival of the Arts in Barbados, where a locally written play will be presented and examples of Cayman Islands arts and skills displayed.
11. There is a well-stocked Public Library maintained in an air-conditioned building in George Town, with a full time librarian and assistant. Books are sent from the Library to outlying districts.
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