Teachers taking diploma in teaching course ok ayed to complete studies

THE Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training has given a green light to teachers currently pursuing a diploma in teaching course under the National Technical Award (NTA) to complete their studies.

The ministry made a u-turn yesterday following confusion that emerged among the education stakeholders after publication of the new circular of 2016 about the teacher education in the country. 

 

Part Five of the circular, which was published last week, states that the programme, under which teachers pursue diploma courses while on the job under the NTA, is from now suspended until improvements on such system, which started during the 2014/15 academic year, are made.

Acting Commissioner of Education, Mr Nicolas Buretta, yesterday clarified that initially under the curriculum by the Tanzania Institute Education (TIE), there was no training programme for upgrading those teachers from certificate to diploma for primary education.

This system only started last year when the government wanted to harmonise the teacher education programmes to meet the needs of the 2014 education policy.

However, through a circular issued last week, the government said it has established several challenges in implementing the policy with regards to the teacher education, therefore, it decided to go back to the previous system to pave a way for more improved way of implementing the policy.