The Ministry of Education is seeking for the recently absorbed primary school teachers in the recent employment by the teacher service commission.
Through a Circular, the Ministry of Education has asked the Principals of Teacher Training Colleges to do a follow up and collect data on all the primary teachers who had enrolled for the upgrade programme but got absorbed by the Teachers Service Commission in the just concluded recruitment.
According to the reports, some primary teachers who had enrolled for Diploma in Primary Teacher Education did not undertake their teaching practice and now the ministry is looking for them so that they can complete the upgrade program by doing teaching practice.
The Ministry wants the data for logistical planning of the practicum assessment of the primary teachers who had enrolled for Upgrade program. It is feared that the teachers might have been posted to stations that are not selected as practicum schools.
The Circular signed by Julius Jwan the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Early Learning and Basic Education wants the data to identify the number of teachers who were absorbed but had not undertaken teaching practice which is the final stage in the upgrade programme.
The memo read in part, “In this regard you are requested to submit your comprehensive and final test of all teachers for the upgrade to Diploma in Primary Teacher Education who were employed by the TSC using the attached template.”
The teachers, from the pioneer group of the P1 teacher upgrade programme to the Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE), are required to undertake their practicum which is the fourth and final examination.
All the teachers who successfully were recruited by the Teacher Service Commission on permanent and pension terms have already received their appointment and posting letters to their respective schools.
