GBET
really means "Improving Guyana Basic Education Teacher
Training Project."
THE PRIMARY GOAL is to
improve the quality of basic education in Guyana.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES are:
- Increased number of teachers
qualified and trained in hinterland regions.
- Increased number of head and
deputy headteachers, Regional Education Officers, DE Supervisors
and Inspectors certified in Education Management in hinterland
regions.
- Improved rationalization and
functioning of DE resources support services and mechanisms
THE FOUNDATION/UPGRADING
PROGRAMME
Targets all unqualified
teacher in the hinterland region 1, 7, 8 and 9 and riverain
areas of regions 2 and 4. The programme includes courses
in English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies offered
up to the CXC General proficiency level. The programme is
based primarily on directed independent study, limited self-pacing
with the opportunity for interactive activities with tutors
and colleagues at monthly tutorials. Materials are print-based.
Teachers who are successful at this Foundation Level will
be eligible to enroll at CPCE for the teaching certificate
programme.
THE TEACHING CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME
The CPCE curriculum is
being revised and will also be structured to accommodate
the demands of a distance education mode. Persons are soon
to be trained in how to write for DE and will then prepare
the face-to-face certificate modules for DE. All eligible
teachers from outlying areas and particularly hinterland
regions will be able to access teacher education by distance.
CPCE is now a dual-mode institution.
THE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
Aimed at strengthening
the capacity and skills of school managers and administrators
which includes the development and delivery of a DE School
Management Programme. Responsibility for this component
lies with NCERD (National Centre for Educational Resource
Development) and so far, the needs analysis has been completed
and writers have been working on the modules for the programme.
STRENGTHENING STAKEHOLDER CAPACITY FOR DE PROGRAMME DELIVERY
It is the programme where
emphasis is placed on activities which promote stakeholder
collaboration through the participation in and sponsoring
of joint research efforts, conferences, seminars and workshops;
resource rationalization and capacity building both physically
and academically focusing on specific needs and skills to
sustain DE in Guyana.
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