Lecturers at Teachers Training College to pursue Masters Degree

Nov 13, 2010 News

Education Minister Shaik Baksh has announced that steps are being taken to upgrade first degree lecturers at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) to the Master’s level in a bid to ensure that trainee teachers who leave the institution receive the best possible training.
Speaking at a recent forum at the college, Minister Baksh explained that the move will also better prepare teachers to make a forceful impact on their students’ performance.
These lecturers, Baksh said, will be trained both through the distance and face-to-face modes of delivery. Provision will be made, too, to upgrade teachers in specialized areas. The goal, he said, is to not only modernize education, shore-up teacher education and training and students’ performance, but also to restore the dignity, honor and respect the noble profession once enjoyed.
Hailing the recently launched Associate Degree in Education (ADE) programme as another significant step to transform teacher education, Baksh said that the investment is invaluable since teachers are the ones who are tasked with the important responsibility of moulding the minds of their charges to be the leaders of tomorrow.
According to a release from the Ministry of Education, a skilled workforce can only achieve the social, infrastructural and economic growth and development of the nation. The delivery of a quality education is paramount in this regard, it added.
The Minister also urged trainee teachers to never forget their responsibility to their country.
They should discharge this duty with pride and honour. He noted that the government has been consistently improving the working condition, welfare and professional development of teachers. These benefits, he said, would get better as the economy improves.
Teachers, today, the release said, enjoy uniform allowance, a salary increase for upgrading their qualification with those from the coastland performing duties in the hinterland regions receiving an additional $30,000 housing allowance along with a remote incentive allowance. Some 25 teachers receive free scholarships, annually, to further their studies at UG, and as part of the package, head teachers are entitled to duty-free concession.
Baksh disclosed, too, that the Ministry is working to develop a policy framework for teachers, which among other things will include targeting the best students at the secondary level for recruitment.
Under the ADE programme, trainee teachers will enjoy the benefits of a well-stocked library including access to a digital library, a state-of-the-art computer laboratory and will be taught to use the computer as a teaching and learning tool.
Teachers at the Faculty of Education and Humanities will also benefit from the services of a modern computer laboratory that will be built there.
Minister Baksh is also looking at a program to provide every trainee teacher will a laptop computer.

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