100 nursery schools to get new curriculum pilot in September

A total of 100 nursery schools across the eleven education districts will participate in the pilot Guyana Renewed Curriculum, the Education Ministry has indicated.
The Ministry will roll out the pilot in September 2023. Both years one and two classes are now required to pilot this curriculum.
This week, the Nursery Sector is hosting a workshop for master trainers at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD).
The office of the ACEO (Nursery), in collaboration with the Guyana Education Sector Project Program, will organize training for head-teachers, year two teachers, and year one teachers in the pilot schools who were not previously trained to pilot this curriculum.

According to Devendre Persaud, the Assistant Chief Education Officer with responsibility for Nursery Education, the workshop is a refresher training in preparation for the training of Nursery Year Two teachers, which would be held soon. He said the refresher training is crucial, as it reduces mistakes and errors by an incredible margin. He said that such engagements enable stronger memory retention, and help to achieve better compliance.
The objectives of the training exercise are to reinforce key learning concepts, address knowledge gaps among participants, ensure master trainers’ knowledge is up-to-date, update master trainers on new and updated procedures in the curriculum, and reduce mistakes while improving the performance of master trainers.
According to the ACEO, the refresher training is timely because, very soon, the Year Two teachers and headteachers from the pilot schools will be trained to deliver the curriculum countrywide.
He said that, based on reports, the master trainers had done a splendid job in monitoring the teachers in the pilot schools across the country over the last year.
This training will be conducted for the following regions until July 28: One (Barima-Waini), Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), Five (Mahaica-Berbice), Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) and Georgetown in their respective districts. However, teachers from Kamarang in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) will be joining the training scheduled for the Georgetown district.
From August 7 to August 11, 2023, teachers in Regions Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), Four (Demerara-Mahaica), Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) will be trained within their districts. Master trainers will be responsible for these training sessions.
“A good curriculum makes space for the recognition of each student’s personal, social and cognitive capacities, and respects differences in how children learn. It will support teachers in leading, assisting, and encouraging each child to achieve their potential,” the Ministry outlined in a statement. (G12)