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Uva Province Primary Teacher Training Programme

PROJECT IN BRIEF

Focus Language improvement & Initial primary methodology training  programme for newly recruited graduates in Uva Province
Impact 15 master trainers, 250 teachers, 20 thousand pupils
Dates January 2009 - ongoing

PROJECT OVERVIEW
The British Council was invited by the Honourable C Nanda Methew, Governor of Uva Province to work in partnership with Uva Province to improve the levels of English language skills and primary teaching methodology of up to 250 new graduates, recently appointed as English teachers in order to address the acute shortage of primary English teachers in the province.

The British Council trained 15 master trainers in essential training, mentoring and observation skills and on using the specially written course materials. The British Council is now supervising the first cascade of training.

The programme focuses on:

Developing teachers accuracy, fluency and confidence in using English as the medium of instruction and communication in the classroom
Developing an child-centred and activity based methodology in the classroom
Developing teacher’s ability to create more opportunities for the students to interact in English with each other in the classroom within the existing curriculum
Exploiting current text books effectively

Teachers attend five intensive, residential training blocks and complete follow up tasks in while in the classrooms.  Teachers maintain a portfolio of work and a reflective development journal throughout the course.

WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS SAY

'This was a very professionally managed project from the  beginning.  The British Council is a good partner.'
Mrs G A M S Abanwela, Deputy Chief Secretary (Personal/Training), Uva Provincial Council

'I learnt a proper way to train English teachers by empowering them with teaching techniques and by helping them to be confident in the primary classroom'
V Sivakumar, Master Trainer

'I‘m happy about all this work on the course.  I’ve done many things, I’ve improved a lot.  I get a lot of positive feedback form the children so I know that the techniques are good'
R M Chaminda Rathnayake, teacher

MORE INFORMATION

Seamus Harkin
Senior Training Consultant

T (011) 4521521, (011) 7521521
E info.lk@britishcouncil.org

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