Ministry embarks on radical changes in teacher training in colleges and universities

Ministry embarks on radical changes in teacher training in colleges and universities

“There is a weak link between teacher training colleges and higher education institutions, especially universities,” the document says.

The primary schoolteacher education also faces a myriad of challenges, among them lack of a curriculum for trainers.

“A majority of trainers lack relevant primary school teaching experience to keep them in sync with current practices. The initial teacher education curriculum for primary schoolteachers requires periodic review to conform to classroom changing demands,” the paper says.

It ads that there is no clear policy framework for teacher education at primary level.

“There is no clear career and professional route to becoming a teacher educator at the training institutions,” reads the document.

 The government has announced plans to phase out the two-year certificate courses and replace them with a three-year diploma programmes for primary schoolteachers.

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