Learning channel to play a greater role in education delivery
Ministry of Education
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
The Ministry of Education continues its work plan for the effective and efficient delivery of education.
Minister of Education, Hon. Priya Manickchand, met with the Director of the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), Ms. Jennifer Cumberbatch and other members of staff earlier today.
During the engagement at NCERD, Minister Manickchand, the Director, and Ms Pauline Stanford, Co-ordinator of the Distance Education Information Unit, discussed how the learning channel can be used and the role it will play in the delivery of education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minister Manickchand noted that when the learning channel was launched by former President and current Vice-President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, it was to facilitate delivering education differently.
Further, the Education Minister noted that with the current COVID-19 pandemic, the vision of Vice-President, Dr. Jagdeo is “very, very relevant at this time”.
Regarding the plan of action and the learning channel’s role in this exercise, Minister Manickchand said that the Ministry of Education (MoE) is currently preparing content in collaboration with various agencies, for nursery year one (1) through to grade eleven (11). She noted that the MoE is looking to prepare daily programmes for the respective levels.
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