Govt. implements policy that all teachers must be trained

Jul 10, 2023 News

Kaieteur News – In keeping with its objective to have 100 percent teachers trained or in training before the end of their term, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, last week disclosed that the Government has implemented a policy that mandates that all teachers be trained.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand

Last Friday, at the announcement of the 2023 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results, Minister Manickchand, explained that the hinterland region has the lowest number of trained teachers.

She highlighted that some teachers in the classroom are currently untrained, since they did not attend the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE). Minister Manickchand noted that while the government has expanded the training college to accommodate more teachers in training, they have also put in place a policy.

“A policy that will get some push back and I’ll tell you what that is, if you are teaching, you have to go and get trained, have to get trained. And there are teachers, who are teaching but are not trained, and they may not like that but we have to do what’s in the best interest of children,” the minister said.

The minister had explained before that they are two categories of untrained teachers currently existing in the education system: those who are eligible for admission at CPCE and those who are not. The latter group, she said will be upgraded, so that they can enter the college programme. It supports the aim of ensuring all educators are aptly trained in education delivery.

“There are teachers who are in the system right now that are untrained and we have said to every teacher who is presently teaching in the classroom right now untrained, that each teacher needs to be trained…Our aim is that before the end of this first term is to have 100 percent trained teachers in the classroom, either trained or in training. We do not any more want to be at a place in Guyana where we’re stagnated at 70 percent of our teachers trained,” said the Minister.

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