Vanuatu teachers

The Language Course is a prerequisite for entry into the Early Childhood program proper. It is a five-course programme.

A total of 68 teachers attended the three-week course, 34 of whom were Francophone Kindy teachers. All participants came from North, Central and Southeast of Malekula.

The Secretary General of MALAMPA Province, Kalwajin Skepha officially opened the three-week programme.

He acknowledged that human resource development was one of the priorities of the Province.

The director of Education Services, Roy Obed, has issued a warning to principals and teachers saying the ministry was not happy that teachers are depriving students by closing the schools to go to town to do their banking and shopping.

He said an academic calendar was approved for each year and when school principals and teachers closed schools on pay days it was a direct breach of the Teaching Service Act.

Mr Obed said students could be deprived of 20 learning days each year.