| The
main stakeholder of the project is Cyril Potter College
of Education. The capacity of the College has been developed
to deliver Distance Education Foundation or Upgrading
Courses in four subject areas to unqualified teachers in
the hinterland and deep riverain areas of Regions 1, 2,
7, 8 and 9.
Approximately
400 teachers are on this programme. On completion of this
upgrading programme the teacher trainees will be eligible
to enter the Cyril Potter College of Education to pursue
the trained teacher’s certificate programme.
In addition to
this upgrading or foundation programme the project has also
developed the capacity of the College to deliver a Level
One distance education Teacher Certificate Programme. At
present, 551 teacher trainees are pursuing this distance
education programme at five out of the six CPCE in-service
centres.
For both programmes
the medium of delivery is the printed material but GBET
with CPCE will be looking at alternative support for the
printed material by experimenting with audio cassettes and
the radio.
GBET has also
completed a Distance Education School Management Programme
in Region Two. The capacity and skills of 21 school managers
and administrators were strengthened through this programme.
The institution responsible for this component was NCERD
and very shortly NCERD will be replicating this project
in all ten administrative regions..
The final project
component is the Strengthening of Stakeholder Capacity for
Distance Education Programme Delivery. For CPCE, a computerized
distance education unit or department has been established
and all members of staff have been trained in the writing
of distance education modules. Several staff members have
benefited from overseas training and participation at international
conferences.
Submitted
by: Savitri Balbahadur
Field Manager
October 23, 2002
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