Wednesday 23 November 2011

Teacher Certification Process Complete By 2013, Says Ministry

The National Education and Culture Ministry said it was confident that the certification process for teachers would be completed by 2013, two years ahead of schedule.

The ministry’s human resources development and education quality chief, Syawal Gultom, said that 2,791,204 teachers applied for certification in 2010 and 1,102,021 of them had been successfully certified in 2011.

“Based on the facts, in my opinion the certification process for teachers will be completed in two years time,” he said on Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com.

He said that as of this year there had been 961,688 teachers that were not selected due to various obstacles, such as not having a required bachelor’s degree or not reaching the minimum age of 50 with 20 years of teaching experience.

According to Syawal, the most important element of the certification process was to carry out a fair and accountable selection that prioritized those that demonstrated a superior ability or served for a long period of time.

“The point of certification is how we prioritize people with better quality,” he said.

The ministry announced that it plans to certify 300,000 teachers in 2012.


Source:

thejakartapost.com

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