Education Ministry says only 3% of teachers are qualified
(September 26, 2013) - The National Ministry of Education, Science and Technology says only 3% of teachers in the country are qualified.
The Undersecretary in the Ministry, Deng Deng Hoc Yai said his ministry in working to address the issue. He revealed that over 28,029 teachers need training.
Undersecretary Deng said progress has been made since the opening of the County’s education training centers where the teachers can undergo courses to improve their qualifications.
“We are now implementing the project for capacity building and the project is now one year old and is being implemented in all the ten States,” he said.
“The project is not able to provide chances to all the teachers that are in need of capacity building because the number of teachers who are in need of capacity building is very big.”
The Chairperson of the National Teachers Union, Kachuol Majuang said the Country has nearly 30, 000 registered teachers for both primary and secondary school levels.
Mr. Kachuol outlined three categories of teachers who need training.
“We have teachers who are qualified but are graduates in the Arabic language, teachers who completed secondary school and teachers who don’t have certificates but they are teaching well.”
