The Ministry of Education and relevant stakeholders are identifying components to establish a framework for teacher standards in Fiji.
The Ministry’s deputy secretary (Professional) for Education, Mrs Kelera Taloga said that the framework would define what is expected of a graduating teacher from all teaching training institutions.
“The framework will define the kinds of attributes that we expect from a teacher when they graduate in terms of their competency, whether it’s got to do with the subject matter or to do with their teaching skills.
“It will also define the values that we would expect a teacher to have personally which will translate through their teaching and also develop in the students,” Mrs. Taloga said.
She highlighted the need for the collaborative efforts of the institutions in establishing the standards that will be implemented into the training programs.
“They will accommodate certain activities that will inculcate these standards, because the standards we are looking at are not just the professional work but also to do with values, conduct and it is quite an encompassing framework.
The Fiji National University, Head of School of Education, Mr. Hem Chand said that the school provides high quality teacher education programs to prepare graduates to be effective teachers in schools in Fiji and acknowledges the seminar as appropriate and timely.
The framework will be established following the outcomes of day two of the seminar on Quality Teacher Education for Quality Learning of education stakeholders.
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