Within the next five years, 80% of all teachers will be trained, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand said, highlighting that the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) has been turning out increasingly large numbers of trained teachers, with the highest number graduating last year.
Additionally, within the last two years the ministry introduced the Associate Degree in Education (ADE) programme at the University of Guyana, which over time will see more teachers becoming graduate teachers. Manickchand said the ministry hopes that graduate status for teachers and by extension their personal improvement will see more expertise in the classroom.
Manickchand said the ministry had opportunities to measure its progress by looking at the academic results of students at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), and the Caribbean Exami-nations Council (CXC), both at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean
