Trained teachers to receive permanent certificate

The Education Ministry has announced that a decision was taken by the Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, and conveyed to the Chief Education Officer to grant a waiver for the issuance of permanent certificates to all teachers who have completed five years of post-training.
The Ministry said on Monday that it has become increasingly difficult to use the normal procedure to issue permanent certificates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the rotation system employed by schools and the bureaucracy involved in teachers applying and then being issued with the certificates.
These hindrances, the Ministry said, have resulted in an untold number of teachers not being issued with their permanent certificates.
According to the Ministry, it sees this waiver as another step in simplifying access to its services, adding that discussions have been initiated in having the process to attain the permanent trained teachers’ certificate simplified.
It is expected that this waiver will benefit more than 400 teachers. Head Teachers were advised to prepare a list of all teachers who have completed five years after training at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) and have not been issued with their permanent certificates.