The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) is to begin operating its full online school from today.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand made the announcement on Fri-day during an engagement at the New Amsterdam Secondary School, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
Manickchand said provisions have also been made for face-to-face learning for students who have challenges with internet connectivity.
“We are launching a fully online CPCE, however fully online does not mean solely online, so there is still going to be space for people to go (and) board and lodge around CPCE and go to a face-to-face classroom. Especially those children from the hinterland, but we’re going fully online where every single thing can be done online.”
The Minister said while lectures would be taught via Zoom, trainees would also be able to access resource materials, tutors, library and other services via their own devices.
She said that in keeping with the Government’s objective to provide training opportunities for teachers in remote areas and throughout Guyana, three categories of training were established. These include the Associate Degree in Education Programme, the Trained Teachers Certificate Programme and for persons who may be unable to get into these programmes due to the lack of qualifications, there are upgrading courses available.
The Minister said this cohort would be the largest accepted at the College compared to the previous years.
“Every other year for the last 10 or 15 years our intake has been 500, 550, 530 and we have been graduating the same number every year. We registered as of yesterday, just over 2000 persons that are going to be trained to be teachers,” she said, according to DPI.
