Minister for Education Premila Kumar has revealed that they have a shortage of Early Childhood Education and Special Education teachers.
While visiting schools in Ba yesterday, Kumar says these are two areas where there is a need for more trained teachers.
She says they have been having a series of meetings with teacher training institutions and all the teachers registered with the teacher registration body.
Kumar says the teachers themselves need training on a yearly basis and the Ministry’s job is to ensure that training is available.
She adds this could be during holidays or after classes.
/+AUDIO-185785123061e0cb846164f187e244.mp3+AUDIO/The Minister also says she does realize that special schools need a different structure and different types of resources.
She says this is because it is a huge challenge to cater for the needs of special children.
