All teacher training organisations need to focus on teachers to be digitally literate – PS Education

Permanent Secretary for Education, Anjeela Jokhan says the Ministry needs to ensure that all the teacher training organisations focus on teachers to be digitally literate as the reality on the ground shows a gap in knowledge between teachers and students.

While speaking at a meeting focused on the review of the primary education curriculum, Jokhan says they will ensure that online resources are provided and there will also be a focus on online and offline options for remote schools.

She says the curriculum, teachers guides and all training programs should also be on one platform for the Education Ministry.

Jokhan also shared a story about a student at USP who was doing his Masters and looked at how Year 1 students can learn using game-based learning for mathematics.

She says they tried it out in 9 schools and it was a great success.

However, Jokhan says it was clear the teachers were not comfortable using the tablets.