Get trained during holiday in ICTs and Material Development

Courageous teachers will again be leaving their families and friends, in the midst and hype of the festive season, just to gain valuable skills. These GET and FET educators are responding to ASESA’s ongoing call to train teachers. These are the kind of educators that deserve a raise!

Two separate workshops will be held in Kroonstad from the 5 - 6 January 2007. One group will be trained in ICT Skills, whilst the other group will be trained in Material Development. Each member – association is required to send six (6) educators per workshop. In total, 60 educators (30 for each workshop) will be equipped with training and facilitation skills as early as the first week of January 2007.

Teachers have been complaining about the lack of computer skills and lack of resources. What has been noticed is that, even though some schools have computers, other teachers and learners are suffering as a result. Teachers have also been blaming the Department of Education and businesses for the lack of teaching and learning material and resources. Though ASESA is operating with limited resources, both these workshops are aiming at addressing that. ASESA has TEASA to thank for an ongoing outstanding support.

The trainees, as usual, are expected to return to their respective associations and train other members and teachers generally, irrespective of their subjects.