The Ministry of Education today announced that the new Chief Education Officer will be Saddam Hussain.
A release from the ministry said that Hussain has been a classroom teacher for more than 20 years. Over the last two years, he served within the Central Ministry as the Chief Schools’ Inspector and has been managing the efforts to restructure the Inspectorate Unit of the Ministry of Education.
Hussain was a Cadet Officer and was appointed as a Senior Education Officer in 2011; a position which he later declined. The release said that he brings to the position of CEO a wide range of experience having worked at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development, the Cyril Potter College of Education and the Caribbean Examinations Council.
Yesterday, the former CEO, Dr. Marcel Hutson officially handed over the office to Hussain at the Ministry’s 26 Brickdam Office. The release said that Dr. Hutson has served in the position of CEO for six years, including for two years post-retirement when he was re-engaged and contracted by the current Minister of Education and has made exceptional contributions to the development and forward movement of the education sector.
The Ministry said it was pleased to announce that Dr. Hutson will not be leaving the Ministry of Education. He will now take up the position of Executive Director of the National Accreditation Council.
