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| …as Essequibo Coast boast a 100 per cent proportion An ambitious target has been set by the Government through its Ministry of Education to realise a 70 per cent proportion of trained teachers in the public education system by next year.This aim was highlighted in the Government’s 2012 Mid-year Report which states that “under the Education Strategic Plan, the major objective of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) is to increase the number of trained teachers… by 2013, and to upgrade the knowledge and competence of teachers in their specialised areas at the secondary level.”The college, according to the Report, currently has 864 students pursuing the Associate Degree in Education Programme (ADE) and 910 students under the Trained Teacher Certificate programme.Of this number, 366 trainees are expected to graduate from the ADE in November while 600 are set to graduate from the Trained Teacher Certificate programme next year.It was just last week,mlb jerseys china, during the Ministry of Education National Awards Ceremony, that Education Minister Priya Manickchand revealed that Government’s effort to train teachers from across the country has yielded noticeable improvements in the various examination results.She said that the Essequibo Coast, from where the Region’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examination (CSEC) performer (Sarah Hakh) was drawn, currently has 100 per cent trained teachers. This the Minister attributed to the fact that an arm of the college has been established there “so that the young men and women, who want to become teachers, can be trained right at home rather than having to come to Georgetown.”This development, the Minister said, amplifies the Ministry’s plan to ensure that there is equity in the delivery of education, a move she insisted will be sustained by Government in all areas that make up the social sector.According to the Mid-year Report “universal secondary education, literacy and improved performance in core subject areas remain top priorities to this Government.” To this end, it added that the Education Ministry had implemented a strategic initiative which targeted 36 schools countrywide as part of a pilot to improve performances in both Mathematics and English at the CSEC examination.That intervention, it was noted, is awaiting the completion of an evaluation in order to determine its effectiveness although preliminary indications are that the programme was successful.The Education Ministry has also been spearheading programmes in the areas of information and communication technology (ICT) which saw 46 training courses being completed in the regions with 1,150 teachers being trained.Another 26 training sessions were conducted at the National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) where 24 lecturers from CPCE and the University of Guyana and 20 from the Hinterland were trained.Additionally, the ICT-based Success Maker programme has been installed in 70 primary schools exceeding the targeted amount of 60, the Report notes. A total of 400 teachers were trained to use the software.Moreover, there are 110 secondary schools countrywide of which 79 have Information Technology (IT) laboratories. In this year 16 new secondary school IT laboratories are slated to be constructed along with 17 new primary school laboratories, while 16 existing secondary IT laboratories will be extended. These works, according to the Report, are at the stage of advertisement for tenders.In addition it was highlighted that Government will continue to invest in the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of education facilities countrywide for which works are expected to commence before year end. |
