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The issue of morality was high on the agenda on Thursday when the Ministry of Education conducted its fourth ‘Face the Community’ activity as part of the continued observance of Education Month.And it was Minister within the Education Ministry, Dr Desrey Fox, who had to face the community this time around at the South Ruimveldt Secondary School.Before fielding questions from the residents, the minister offered some remarks on the policies and other activities that the Education Ministry has engaged in to enhance the better delivery of education in public schools.And among the areas that the ministry has been addressing, the minister said, is the training of teachers with a view to ensuring that quality teachers will be available to deliver quality education to the children of Guyana.In doing so, Minister Fox pointed out, every effort will be made to ensure that the delivery of education is done in an equitable manner. The minister added that there should never be a difference in the delivery process,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, whereby one school could be considered better than the other.It is for this reason, she said, that measures are being put in place to phase out community high schools, which are often considered lower level schools.And in order to ensure that the right attitude is portrayed by students, Dr Fox said, moral education is very needful in schools.She said that a task team headed by her has been set up in this regard, and it will work towards preparing a document to define how proper moral education could be delivered in schools.Upon completion of the document, she related, a series of consultations will be held among citizens to garner their views on the proposed moral education programme.However,cheap jerseys from china, the minister noted that the school system is still tasked with addressing several other issues, among them some ills of the society that are beyond the skills of teachers and even welfare officers.And though the ministry is slated to employ about 26 additional welfare officers,Cheap Jerseys From China, the minister said,Wholesale Authentic NHL Jerseys, the officers still will not suffice to address the problems that arise in the system.As a result, she said,cheap jerseys authentic, the schools must collaborate with parents in order to produce students with rounded personalities, who could be leaders of the nation.The minister said that the ministry has also been collaborating with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to train parents to prepare children for school even before they reach school age.After sensitising the audience that comprised mostly parents and guardians of school-aged children, several questions, including that of the morality of teachers,Cheap NFL Jerseys, were also raised.It was related by one parent that some teachers are in fact guilty of inappropriately speaking to students, a trait which could be transferred to them and manifest itself when they enter the world of work.According to one financial manager, she believes that there is need for the ethical training of students to be urgently improved, since the mannerisms depicted by some students have already proven to be of a highly atrocious nature,Wholesale Jerseys Authentic, although the students may excel academically.However, according to the minister, efforts are already in train to thoroughly improve the system in hope that the attitude of teachers, and by extension students, will change for the better. |
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