{"id":26274,"date":"2025-02-08T22:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26274"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:43:59","slug":"government-focuses-on-teacher-development-to-enhance-education-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-focuses-on-teacher-development-to-enhance-education-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Focuses on Teacher Development to Enhance Education Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan | January 10, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government of Guyana continues to prioritize the development of its education sector, with over 4,000 teachers trained in the past four years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This brings the total number of trained educators in the country\u2019s education system to 15,000, underscoring the government\u2019s commitment to improving the quality of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, in her Year-in-Review report, highlighted ongoing efforts to strengthen the teaching workforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key measure has been the recruitment of experienced teachers to ensure classrooms are led by qualified professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has made significant progress in attracting skilled educators, with notable hires such as Ingrid Fung, a matriarch in the field, who is now working as a consultant to improve literature and English instruction for CSEC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manickchand also mentioned the engagement of other experienced professionals, such as Mr. Chase and Mr. Hatton, to further enhance training efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister emphasized the importance of a well-trained and capable teaching staff for the success of the education system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to hiring experienced teachers, the Ministry is actively promoting further training and educational opportunities for teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes providing avenues for teachers to pursue degrees at the University of Guyana without disrupting their classroom responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By focusing on human resource development, the government aims to create a more effective learning environment that benefits both educators and students, addressing key challenges and fostering success in the education system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan | January 10, 2025 The Government of Guyana continues to prioritize the development of its education sector, with over 4,000 teachers trained in the past four years.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26275,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26274\/revisions\/26275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}