Written by Keisha Stephney
In Guyana today, education has its ups and its downs.
The Education system in Guyana has a lot of work to do in order to make sure that Guyana’s generation has a chance in securing a sound education.
In 2011,164 teachers were dismissed for breach of contract, sexual abuse among other things.
Teachers should not only be trained educationally alone but they should have some form of training on how to deal with situations that can occur at any given time.
There was also the Dismissal University of Guyana Political Science Lecturer Mr. Freddie Kissoon, this was because of political Issues.
There was also the discussion of bringing in teachers while we have well qualified teachers here.
The education sector has to revise their system in order for Guyana to be the cream of the crop again.
Guyana was once the cream of the crop in the Caribbean we were once Producing more Graduates more than any Caribbean country.
There are also many obstacles that prevent students not progress in society today.
There are domestic problems, rape in most cases “incest” for many families today, poverty, and the lost of a parent, divorce, separation and finical problems among many other circumstances.
Many Youths also of today do not have a sound education background, as a matter of fact many of them never went to school or Lessons.
This can be the cause of uneducated parents in most cases, not having someone to guide them through life on how to make good choices, nor morals, etc.
Also many of the youths are not even interested in having a sound education they say “Why have an education when there are no jobs being provided for them”.
Many young people are leaving Guyana in order to have a better education and life. This cause serious brain drain in the country.
Education in Guyana is provivided both publicly and privately in the different parts of the country.
The statutory age of beginning school in Guyana is five years, nine months and students are required to attend school until age sixteen.
Friday, 18 May 2012
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Hiring of Foreign Teachers in Guyana
The move by government to hire overseas Mathematics and Science teachers, are rising eyebrows among the educations sectors and the union. They claim the move is to be one that raises serious questions. The Guyana Teachers Union stated that they support the emphasis on education the message is being clearly sent that the local system seem not to be fitting and this is quite undeserved to the teachers and can perhaps lead to a lot of disappointment. The Government announced this move citing the migration of qualified teachers out of Guyana.
The government stated that they cannot afford to wait for a long-term solution. Guyana cannot afford to wait even fifteen years for passes in these critical subject areas to increase. If we are to meet the demands of the global economy, then we need to fix our educational system and fix it quickly even if it means undertaking initiatives that will be controversial.
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According to then Minister of Education Baksh stated that the Government has no plans to hire overseas teacher until consultations with stakeholders.
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The government stated that they cannot afford to wait for a long-term solution. Guyana cannot afford to wait even fifteen years for passes in these critical subject areas to increase. If we are to meet the demands of the global economy, then we need to fix our educational system and fix it quickly even if it means undertaking initiatives that will be controversial.
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According to then Minister of Education Baksh stated that the Government has no plans to hire overseas teacher until consultations with stakeholders.
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Migration of Teachers in Guyana
Guyanese teachers are leaving the shore of their homeland for better teaching opportunities. Despite its resource wealth, Guyana is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere and currently ranks 103rd out of 177 in the UNDP’s Human Development Index.
The Education sector in Guyana faces a numeral of challenges including the ongoing migration of trained teachers, and inability of the education system to respond adequately to the needs of children with disabilities or learning difficulties.
Life expectancy is good, over 62 years for males and 70 years for females. Expenditure on Education in 2007 was 6.1% of GDP, which gives the country a ranking of 28th in the world.
The quality of both primary and secondary education in Guyana, however, has been questioned.
The Education sector in Guyana faces a numeral of challenges including the ongoing migration of trained teachers, and inability of the education system to respond adequately to the needs of children with disabilities or learning difficulties.
Life expectancy is good, over 62 years for males and 70 years for females. Expenditure on Education in 2007 was 6.1% of GDP, which gives the country a ranking of 28th in the world.
The quality of both primary and secondary education in Guyana, however, has been questioned.
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Reseacher suggests it is only at tertiary level that functional literacy is acquired. This situation has been attributed in part to the low retention of qualified teachers and the subsequent employment of untrained and unqualifed teachers. In 2007, of 9,303 teacherd across the system 42% were untrained. In response to these statistics, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has prioritized growing number of qualified teachers by providing opportunities for both pre- and in-service teachers to gain accreditation.
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Reseacher suggests it is only at tertiary level that functional literacy is acquired. This situation has been attributed in part to the low retention of qualified teachers and the subsequent employment of untrained and unqualifed teachers. In 2007, of 9,303 teacherd across the system 42% were untrained. In response to these statistics, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has prioritized growing number of qualified teachers by providing opportunities for both pre- and in-service teachers to gain accreditation.
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