The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Ministry of Education launched the second phase of its teacher training plan for the FIFA Football for Schools (F4S) initiative on Monday by partnering with the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) student educators ahead of the national rollout of the programme.
According to a release from the federation, the two-day training course at the CPCE headquarters, featured 50 participants ahead of the September commencement.
GFF President Wayne Forde said, “It is such a great initiative for us to be upskilling the teachers that are being trained at Cyril Potter College to deliver education across the 10 regions of this country. The impact of the F4S programme will be felt more, the more teachers we have delivering it. We are very confident F4S is going to be a resounding success.”
Dr Olato Sam, Education Specialist in the MoE, said, “Our young people need to leave this education system having been exposed to a range of not just academic programmes, but what we oftentimes refer to as enrichment experiences – that is vital.”
He added, “The teachers currently going through their teacher training experiences are the core of the rollout of this programme. They are the ones who are going to be expected, within their environments, to impart the knowledge of this very well thought out, balanced programme, created by FIFA and UNICEF, to the young people across the entire nation.”
Davis Alfred, who was one of the participants, said, “It (F4S) is a very good idea because it will get students and teachers out doing more sports rather than just having the children in one place and teaching them in class. It will help a lot.”
