Unit of Allied Arts makes donation of musical instruments to CPCE
The Education Ministry’s Allied Arts Unit on Friday handed over several pieces of musical instruments to the Music Department of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), Turkeyen Campus.
This is in keeping with its commitment to promoting music at the nursery, primary and secondary school levels.
Officials of the Unit for Allied Arts and CPCE at the handing over ceremony
The pieces of instruments include acoustic guitars, trumpets, keyboards, drum sets and recorders which totalled one million, three hundred thousand dollars.
Education Officer with responsibility for Music at the Unit of Allied Arts, Joel Gonsalves stated that the aim is to ensure that graduating teachers are skilled in playing at least three instruments. He explained that this will add to the growing cohort of music teachers across the country.
Gonsalves further stated that this is also in keeping with the Education Ministry’s plan to ensure each child is exposed to a foreign language, a TVET subject, a sport and a musical instrument before graduating from secondary school.
The Music Coordinator at CPCE, Althea Hamilton-Wintz, expressed gratitude to the Unit of Allied Arts on behalf of the college. She noted that the donation will enable each teacher enrolled in the music class access to an instrument.
