‘Teachers to be licensed before they can teach’

All newly trained teachers in Ghana will soon be required to acquire licences after their professional training to be able to practise as qualified teachers, the Director of the Teacher Education Division of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Mrs Evelyn Owusu Oduro, has said.

Currently, a draft Pre-tertiary Teacher Professional Development and Management (PTPDM) policy project is being fine-tuned to outline the implementation plan, including the framework for the career progression of teachers.

The project is being implemented by the GES and the National Teaching Council (NTC), with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Addressing the second joint coordination committee of the PTPDM meeting in Accra last Friday, Dr Oduro said when the policy became fully operational, it would require all newly trained teachers to go through specific mandatory training programmes and orientation before being appraised for licensing.

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