Zambia Trains 1,400 Math & Science Teachers
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The Ministry of General Education says it has trained over 1,400 teachers in mathematics, science and technological subjects under the fast track education program between 2015 to date.
The fast track teacher education program which has been running since 2012 is a modular distance education program which enables teachers to attend residential school during holidays and the program is being implemented at the University of Zambia (UNZA), Zambia Open University, University of Lusaka (UNILUS) and DMI St Eugene University.
Delivering a ministerial statement in parliament today, General Education Minister Dr Dennis Wanchinga disclosed that currently, the ministry is sponsoring over 2000 teachers under the fast track education program.
Dr Wanchinga has stated that the fast track program has not only helped to upgrade the qualifications and competences of teachers, but has also contributed to improved teacher performance which in the long run should impact learning outcomes.
He has however, noted that the fast track teacher education program has come with various challenges which include the high cost the ministry has to incur in training the teachers.
And Dr Wanchinga has disclosed that the ministry has also trained a total of 110 teachers under its retraining program for design and technology teachers across all the 10 provinces of the country.
Dr Wachinga has explained that the program which started in 2015 was designed to capacity build teachers at primary level in technology studies linking them to secondary school design and technology.
