National level universities to be established to produce teachers: Edu. Minister

BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 18 October 2022 03:48 PM

You are too late with these reforms. Only achievement unto now is robbing and robbing. Now do we have money for Teacher Producing Universities? Check whether Daisy Archie or even your grandmother can find some gems from any of their hidden holes.

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Punchi Tuesday, 18 October 2022 04:06 PM

Here we go again, all we need is courses in pre school teaching, early childhood teaching, primary and secondary school teaching in our established universities. No need to establish another university dedicated to producing teachers. The ministers reasoning is a consequence of rote learning

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Ram Tuesday, 18 October 2022 04:12 PM

Is the Minister talking with the foot in his mouth. The meaning attached to what he state is the present day teachers who taught him and the Politicians are from non National level Universities. No wonder!

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Lank Tuesday, 18 October 2022 04:24 PM

No point in creating merely universities for this purpose till we update our pedagogy and teaching standard..first we need to create good lecturers who could create some innovative teachers..but how many people in our NIE and other universities are qualified to train teachers.. Send at least 100 good academic lecturers in education to some UK universities to do A PGCE courses in different subjects and spending money to train our university lecturers in education is worth than those buildings ...Do not invest in buildings as Mahinda did but invest in producing good university lecturers. They will know what to teach and how to teach for next generations.. The problem is those education ministers in Sri Lanka don't have brain to guide our next generations

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Jaffna Logic Tuesday, 18 October 2022 06:47 PM

In the first 5 to 16 years of every child’s experience the greatest experience is to watch how teachers teach and manage lessons.This happens for five days of every week for nine months each year. During this very impressionable 11 years all the children spend more time in schools than even with their parents at home. Afterwards those going for higher education spend two more years in schools doing ALevel before going to university and spend further three or four years , this time learning and experiencing how the academics teach and manage lectures. So by the time a person comes out of the university he or she has experienced at least 16 years of watching how TEACHING and THE MANAGEMENT OF TEACHING IS CONDUCTED. After this 16 solid years of experience it is ludicrous to think that a teacher training is needed to become a teacher.With this experience what is actually needed is a natural passion for teaching and good technical knowledge gained in the subject matter at the University.

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johan Tuesday, 18 October 2022 07:11 PM

He is increasing more and more the recurrent expenditure when country is bankrupt and unemployment tend to increase in the coming years.Suffering masses cannot raise their heads for another five years due to the Dollar crisis and also the repayment of 54 Billion Dollars.Preference should be given to uplift the life style of suffering masses.

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Sambo Tuesday, 18 October 2022 07:50 PM

They only talk, talk and nothing happens in this country. Open the mouth lies and false promises. Cannot trust a single politician in our country they are all a hoax.

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GHT Tuesday, 18 October 2022 11:03 PM

To achieve success , you should not be recruiting O/L and A/L qualified students but set a standard to enrol the universities with degree holders from recognized universities.

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Zarook Cassim Wednesday, 19 October 2022 12:16 AM

Before having a grand University College for teachers, Please! please!! place our educational system in order. What teachers are you trying to produce, without knowing what type of education you want to impart to children? Bulls! Bullish!! Bulldozing!!!

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R G Wednesday, 19 October 2022 12:37 AM

Jaffna Logic, Well said. You have completely blown to bits the arguments for teacher training.

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