Teachers will now have ‘7 student free days’ during the school holidays for special training to be conducted.
Attorney General and Minister for Civil Service Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Ministry needs to organize all the training for the teachers.
He says there will be three days of training prior to the beginning of Term 1 and two days prior to Terms 2 and 3.
Sayed-Khaiyum says the teachers sometimes receive circulars saying they have training on a certain day and they have to be there but all that has been done away with.
He says it may be difficult for teachers to come down because of transportation issues or because of family commitments.
Sayed-Khaiyum says the Ministry of Education has now been asked to roll out the program for next year so that teachers can know exactly where to be next year.
He adds that the pay rise will be done on performance assessments and the attendance in training will be a factor in the review.
