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ICT genie is out of the bottle – Education Minister

Oct 04, 2015 News

At the open day ceremony held at Cyril Potter College of Education on Friday, Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine reminded those in attendance of the government’s plans of distributing one laptop per teacher across the country.
It was President David Granger who in 2011 recognized the need for teachers to be au fait with the latest technology. He committed himself to the distribution of one laptop per teacher throughout the country. President Granger delivered on his promise in September.
In relation to Information and Communications Technology, (ICT) the Minister said that the “genie is out of the bottle, we can’t put it back in.” Children are now being seen as masters of the new technology and it is imperative that teachers keep up with them, he said.
The programme to provide laptops to the teachers was said to already be established and some teachers have already received theirs. The trainees of CPCE are also slated to receive laptops.
“Children armed with tablets and teachers armed with the latest technology and the computers, we will in fact be taking the necessary big steps we need to take to enter the twenty-first century,” said Roopnaraine.
This initiative will build on the recently established “Guyana Improving Teacher Education Project”, of 2014 which saw the students and teachers along with lecturers of Cyril Potter College of Education receiving laptops.
Questions arose regarding the sustainability of the project but with the support of Government, the distribution of laptops to teachers will be sustained.

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