Some teachers who did not meet minimum qualification requirements were allowed to teach in areas facing shortage of teachers

The Fiji Teachers Registration Authority says since 2009, various teachers have been granted registrations under limited authority to teach and provisional categories and renewals and registrations were granted to teachers who did not meet the minimum qualification requirements.

It says this was for teachers in certain discipline areas facing a shortage of teachers with an expectation that these teachers will upgrade their qualification within the specified time-frame.

The Authority says it is now 12 years and unfortunately some teachers have not upgraded their academic qualifications, therefore, there will be no further registrations granted under the limited authority to teach or provisional categories.

The Authority says the Ministry of Education can now replace these teachers with fully qualified teachers registered with Fiji Teachers Registration Authority who have not been employed.

Meanwhile, over 100 teachers have applied for the renewal of their teacher registration license in the last few days after revelation last week that 538 teachers have not renewed their licenses and risk termination.

The CEO of the Fiji Teachers Registration Authority, Sangeeta Singh says a final 30-day notice period has been served to these teachers on 8th November to renew their licenses and failure to do this will result in deregistration, which simply means that these teachers will not be able to teach in any schools.

Singh says for some teachers, the 30-day final notice period has expired and these teachers will be deregistered and the Ministry of Education will be informed and will be required to terminate the contracts of these teachers.