As Guyana grapples with the adverse effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Minister of Education has announced that her Ministry will be engaging teachers in a training programme to deliver teaching via virtual platforms.
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“We are about to launch, on Monday, a mass teacher training programme, where our teachers can be trained about the use of ICT in the classroom. It’s a 100-hour programme; it’s being done on the teachers’ own time. We have contacted teachers, and we have more than 1000 teachers who have registered and have begun the training,” the Minister explained.
She further added that the programme is spearheaded by the Organisation of American States (OAS) in partnership with ProFuturo.
The project will involve several schools receiving electronic teaching equipment, and teachers being trained in administering lessons to their pupils, using the electronic devices which came preloaded with teaching content from ProFuturo, specific to each grade level.
For teachers’ training, which is slated to begin on Monday, Minister Manickchand noted that in cases where teachers do not have access to the internet, printed materials would be sent to them.
“Our teachers in the hinterland without connectivity, we’re printing modules right now, as we speak, to get into those villages so that the theory can be done, and then make arrangements for the practical to be done later,” the Minister said.
[Extracted and Modified from Guyana Chronicle]
