– former education chief urges teachers
The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) 4th Biennial Delegates Conference opened yesterday and saw a call by former chief education officer Ed Caesar for educators to carefully prepare for inclusivity in classrooms.
“Too many young people who are disabled—or, as we say, challenged—are escaping through the cracks because parents feel embarrassed,” Caesar told delegates last evening. “There must be a paradigm shift. We have to ask ourselves: what can we do to help our youngsters?” he added.
The three-day conference is being held at the GTU Hall at Woolford Avenue, under the theme, ‘Enhancing the Professional Attributes Amongst Teachers Whilst Promoting Inclusive Education’.
The former CEO, who now lectures at the University of Guyana, recounted the story of a young “challenged” boy,
