Ministry of Education launches new online platform targeting grade 7 teachers
Kaieteur News – In its effort to expand online learning for teachers and students, the Ministry of Education yesterday introduced a new online learning platform using Microsoft Office 365.
Director of the National Center for Education Resources (NCERD), Quenita Walrond.
This initiative is in collaboration with the Ministry, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), UNICEF and United Nations teams of consultants.
This project is part of the COVID-19 Accelerated Fund (AFP) Project and is a global initiative aimed at supporting the continuation of learning for school-aged children in the aftermath of the impact, which the new coronavirus pandemic has to get at the achievement. education in Guyana. The AFP COVID-19 also provides hardware, infrastructure, and support education, by building capacity that will enable educators to deliver to and for their students, quality education inputs and experiences that are compatible with methods modern delivery and the ability to communicate better with these. technological natives.
During the virtual launch, Director of the National Center for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), Quenita Walrond said that the project aims to provide teachers with an integrated online platform, primarily for curriculum delivery but with many other capabilities and applications .
The Ministry in the initial phase of the project is seeking to target 1,000 Grade Seven teachers and their students in the four core subject areas of; Mathematics, Science, English Language and Social Studies. The rollout of the platform includes training for 60 master teachers on the platform, who will then train and support teachers in a cascading model, the Director explained.
According to the Director, teachers will receive laptops with the software with them, Microsoft Office 365 suite. This software will provide access to all productivity software including Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint, Publisher , Outlook and OneDrive.