Chief Education Officer and CPCE Principal attending policy dialogue forum for education in Jamaica

The Chief Education Officer Mr Marcel Hutson and Principal of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) Ms Viola Rowe are currently in Montego Bay Jamaica attending and participating in the Annual Meeting and 11th Policy Dialogue Forum for the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030.

The forum is being held under the theme- 'Strengthening teacher Education, a prerequisite for quality teaching, training and learning'.

The objective of the engagement is to ensure teachers and educators are empowered, adequately recruited, well-trained, professionally qualified, motivated and supported within a well-resourced, efficient and effectively governed system.

In an invited comment CEO Hutson said that Guyana's education system will benefit tangibly, with some key takeaways being

-Teachers and teacher educators must be creators and facilitators of learning.

-Teaching is akin to nation building.

-The best and brightest should be recruited for the job.

-Teachers must be screened for attitude and character.

-Teaching is about service.

-Each teacher must be asked to map out a plan for their own development.

The five day forum began on November 5 and concludes on November 9 2018.