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Pre-service training: Why a new project for teachers?

Several newspapers have reported that the government has taken a new initiative to employ teachers at the secondary level, providing them with teacher training before joining the job through a special project named the ‘Professionalization for Enhanced Learning Project’. Currently, teachers usually receive in-service training, which significantly disrupts learning, as most of our institutions experience teacher shortages. Ensuring pre-service training would offer several benefits. First, teachers will be familiar with the pedagogy and strategies for working with young learners, as well as master the subject and teach it to students. Newspaper reports have highlighted this as a new government initiative, but...

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Pre-service training: Why a new project for teachers?

Several newspapers have reported that the government has taken a new initiative to employ teachers at the secondary level, providing them with teacher training...

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Observance of National Primary Education Week 2014 and Some Relevant Issues

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