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Jul 15, 2011 News
…21-year-old is best graduating student
The education system is closer to reaching its target of having 70 percent of teachers trained, as outlined in the Ministry’s 2008-2013 Strategic Plan, with the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) churning out 515 graduates yesterday.
Of that number 50 are males while 465 are females. Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, noted that the Ministry needs to ensure that the teaching profession is an area of strong career option for males.
He posited that the percentage of males entering and graduating from the learning institution needs to increase to at least 40.
However, while it was an evening of predominantly female teachers proudly strutting the National Cultural Centre stage to receive their certificates, Villon Parris, a 21-year-old male, was presented with the Prime Minister’s award for the best graduating student.
Parris, a Mathematics major in the In-Service Secondary Academic Programme, secured the only distinction, while 336 of his colleagues passed with Credit and 124 passed. Parris is now among an elite group of 21 teachers to have gained distinctions since the re-introduction of the grading of certificated in the late 1990s to 2011.
Minister Baksh noted that Government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union have been negotiating remuneration and other benefits for teachers.
Parris said he is cognizant that the salary trained teachers receive is nothing to shout about, but he decided to join the profession for the love of it.
The proud top student noted that after completing his secondary education at St. Joseph High School, he began teaching at L’Aventure Secondary, Canal #1, Region Three.
Minister Baksh noted that this is not the end of the road for the teachers as they have to be involved in the Continuous Professional Development Programme that was introduced last year and is being expanded. He charged that as teachers they need to renew their intellectual capacity.
It was noted that teachers from the hinterland region would have to return to their community to serve.
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