$500M has been earmarked for the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) to go fully online
with its teachers’ training programme. This forms part of the education sector.
Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, made this announcement during her presentation on
day-three of the national debate, during the 39th Sitting of the 12th Parliament. Manickchand
noted that the initiative will allow for thousands of teachers across the country to access
training, as part of Government’s plans to improve the quality of learning outcomes in all
educational institutions.
The minister said that the aim, is to achieve 100 per cent trained teachers or teachers in training
by 2025.
“We were able to move our intake at CPCE from 536 to 3000, giving the Amerindian teachers a
chance to get degrees in education and not just trained teachers’ certificate,” Manickchand
explained. The minister noted that when government took office in August 2020, there were no
plans in place to reopen the CPCE. She added that this year, the teachers’ training college
graduated its largest batch of 843 teachers.
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