The Ministry of Education permanent secretary Dr Brij Lal delivered a challenging address while opening the Cakaudrove School Heads Education Conference at Montfort Technical Institute in Savusavu this week.
In his opening remarks Dr Lal said “As School Heads you have to ensure we are fully preparing our children for the world of tomorrow. You cannot do anything less than the very best.”
“I believe in the power and importance of teaching; that if you take children, from whatever background, and maximize the amount of time they have with a great teacher then you can see them make astounding progress” said Dr Lal.
“To value the importance of teaching the Government has introduced “teacher inspection” just to ensure proper teaching and learning takes place,” added Dr Lal.
“As Head Teachers you must possess self-discipline, have a commitment to duties, understand each teacher’s strength and weakness and create an environment to uplift him/her and keep him/her highly motivated,” said Dr. Lal.
The theme for the conference was “Stepping Up For Educational Excellence”. Present at the two day conference were eighty Head teachers and Principals and a team of Senior Officers from the Ministry of Education head quarters Suva.
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