Nearly 800 teachers trained to deliver coding skills to students – Williams
Nearly 800 teachers have been trained under the coding in schools programme, the Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams has shared.
She said 497 teachers at the primary level and 272 at the secondary level have been fully trained to deliver coding skills to students.
Williams, who provided the update during her recent contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, said there are 32 schools at the secondary level that are currently integrating and delivering coding programmes.
“Coding in schools got off to a good start but hit a little bump; we are regrouping,” she told the House.
Williams pointed to “other achievements” which she said include the development of a framework for the integration of coding in the National Standards Curriculum and the preparation of the integrated matrix.
“The instructional manual for teachers is to be done and continuation of training of teachers to scale in integration of coding in the other schools,” she said.
Meanwhile, Williams shared that as of May 12, 2023, eLearning delivered 16,053 e-vouchers for laptops to teachers in primary and secondary schools. So far, 14,251 teachers have redeemed their vouchers.