Primary and secondary school head teachers are following a three-day training session to improve and strengthen their skills so they can better manage and lead their schools.
The training taking place at the ex-Aldec hall at the Ministry of Education was launched yesterday morning by the principal secretary for early childhood, primary and secondary education, Merida Delcy.
Two education consultants from Ireland are leading the training – Triona Barret, education development officer for Loreto schools in Ireland and Brian O’Doherty, the principal of St Patrick’s Loreto primary school, Bray Co Wicklow also in Ireland.
Mr O’Doherty is not on his first visit here. As one of the authors of mathematics text books ‘Cracking Maths’, in October 2014 he conducted training for maths teachers here before the text books were introduced in May last year.
The training falls in the context of the education sector Medium-Term Strategic (MTS) Plan 2013-2017 and beyond and it is also in line with one strategy activity which places emphasis on the need for head teachers to consistently monitor teaching and learning.
