“We saw reasons ranging from poverty to carelessness. Minister Manickchand said a range of issues were also unearthed for the pupils’ absenteeism. She revealed that over 900 of the 1,300 children who were found to be absent from school are now back in classrooms following the government’s successful ‘Operation Recovery’. “It has to be a complete revision of what we have become accustomed to – the completion of syllabus and curriculum and so on has to be based on how children are responding to that and that is what we are trying to get over to teachers,” Minister Manickchand said. The Education Minister made these comments after questions were asked about bridging the gap between Grade Six pupils who are now back in the classroom after missing months of teaching and students who have been continuously taught. This is according to Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, who on Monday emphasised that it is time “for a change” of the teaching methods as educators are now seeing the effects of schools’ closure as a result of the pandemic.Įven though the ministry has already implemented a consolidated curriculum for teaching, Minister Manickchand explained that a complete revision of teaching methods is needed to help students recover from learning loss.

As a result of the huge learning loss that children suffered during the two-year physical closure of schools, the Ministry of Education will be revising its teaching methods.

Time for change ministries