Teachers to no longer need releases for university courses under Education and Humanities faculty

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand addressing the launch. (Photo: Ministry of Education)

Teachers interested in pursuing courses offered by the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Education and Humanities (FEH) can now do so completely online, doing away with a requirement that they get releases to pursue those studies, the Ministry of Education has announced.

The announcement was made on Wednesday with the launch of the International Centre of Excellence in Educator Innovation, Learning and Development (ICEEILD) within the FEH.

According to a press release from the Ministry, the Centre will allow persons interested in pursuing courses offered by the FEH to do so online and will be seen as particularly innovatively transformative for teachers, who would otherwise have been required to secure releases from the classroom to attend the University.