Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has given directives to the Chief Education Officer to grant a waiver for the issuance of permanent certificates to all teachers who have completed five years of post-graduate training.
A release from the Ministry of Education yesterday said that it has become increasingly difficult to use the normal procedure to issue permanent certificates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the rotation system employed by schools and the “bureaucracy involved” in teachers applying and then being issued with the certificates.
The release said that these hindrances have resulted in an untold number of teachers not being issued with their permanent certificates.
“The Ministry of Education sees this waiver as another step in simplifying access to its services. Further, the Ministry of Education has initiated discussions in having the process to attain the permanent trained teachers’ certificate simplified”, the release added.
It is expected that the waiver will benefit more than 400 teachers. Headteachers are advised to prepare a list of all teachers who have completed five years after training at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) and have not been issued with their permanent certificates. The Chief Education Officer will issue a memo during this week to give further clarity to this process, the release added.
