NCERD programme will improve the level of competence of teachers

September 16, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor,

An article in your newspaper sparked my interest as it relates to the 145 teachers who would each be graduating with a non-graduate certificate from the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) in mathematics, science and English. I have found this programme to be timely and relevant, because we have been reading frequently in the news that there is a shortage of mathematics and science teachers in our country.

Editor, it is my view that the shortage of trained mathematics teachers and the distraction in English have partly contributed to the low pass rate at the CSEC exams. Mathematics is a weighty subject, so competent teachers are required to deliver its content. The same goes for English.

I think the programme offered by NCERD is a good way to start addressing the problems we are experiencing with poor grades in mathematics and English at the CSEC examinations, and with the shortage of mathematics and science teachers.

Yours sincerely,

Alana Smartt

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