Yesterday afternoon, 1,796 teachers graduated from the CPCE, the largest cohort ever, according to the Ministry of Education.
It was also said to be the largest in the Caribbean, according to a release from the Ministry of Education. This is another step towards the Ministry of Education’s goal of having 100 per cent trained teachers in classrooms across the country, the release said and moves the country’s trained teachers from 65% to 79%. This means that 99.5 per cent of teachers in classrooms are either trained or in training.
Of the number, 477 teachers graduated from the Cyril Potter College of Education’s (CPCE’s) Early Childhood Education Programme, 841 from the Primary Education Programme, 238 from the Secondary Academic Programme and 240 from the Secondary Pre-Vocational Programme – a total of 1,796 trained teachers.