 Curriculum and Materials Development Unit, CAMDU, in the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, has wrapped up a week-long strategic planning forum with focus on the impact of COVID-19 on the education sector. Officer-in-charge of CAMDU, G&T George, says the forum drafted the work plan for their department and assessed resource management issues. It is very important for us to remain current as we are one of the premier agencies responsible for instruction and curriculum development and implementation in the education system. So as such it is necessary for us from time to time to set aside for us to ensure that we are following our plan and where necessary for us to create a new plan. So during this week we participated in a number of activities, including team building activities because we needed to ensure that we maintain our synergies and to maintain the team spirit and so forth. COVID-19, Ms George has stated, dictates that the department reexamines its role and modifies services in keeping with the blended learning approach the Ministry has taken in response to COVID-19. It is important for us to think about the different types of modalities and approaches that can be used for instruction and to see how we can modify this to fit our local context. So part of our strategic week involves us thinking about the creation of some of these approaches that will be most appropriate given our context and the resources that we have available. The participating curriculum officers drew on their years of experience as educators and best practices to chart the way forward for Camdu. Kentilga Louie is the Theatre Arts Curriculum Officer. As an officer who's been here for 10 years it's always good to come back to the basics and make sure that your perception of what your department is about actually is in keeping with what is needed by your clients. And so we've recognized, we did a sort analysis to make sure that we knew what our strengths are, weaknesses. And so now we are trying our best to see within this time can we come up with a game plan that will help us to ensure that we are the most effective units possible. The exercise was held at Camdu offices situated at Goodlands Castries.