The Education Management Programme is a distance education programme for Headteachers and aspiring headteachers which was launched in 2000 as a pilot in Region 2 and which is now operated from NCERD’s Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana as a national programme leading to the Education Management Certificate.
National Centre for Educational Resource Development
The National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) is an educational institution, commissioned in 1986 by UNESCO. NCERD has education policy making status in so far as providing recommendations to The Ministry of Education, whose role it is to develop and enact policies. Its primary responsibility is the planning and implementation of all in-service teacher education programmes for Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools in Guyana.
The NCERD offices are situated in a pleasant part of Georgetown close to the sea wall in Kingston, Georgetown.
NCERD is organised into the following units with a Head for each unit.
· Materials Production Unit is responsible for the mass production of examination papers, curriculum guides, resource materials and other documents.
· Measurement, Evaluation and Research Unit is responsible for the development of test instruments and using the information generated from these instruments to facilitate decision-making.
· Curriculum Development and Information Unit is responsible for conceptualising, developing, testing and evaluating educational materials for nursery, primary and secondary schools.
· Distance Education and Information Unit responsible for the provision of information through the media of broadcasting and formal and non-formal educational programmes geared to meet the needs of individuals.
· Learning Resources Unit is responsible for the provision of library services, educational technology, keyboarding and production of textbooks.
A Director who is assisted by a Deputy Director and the Heads of Units manages the work of NCERD. There are also technical, clerical and administrative staff who work at NCERD. The Education Management Programme is managed directly through the office of the Director of NCERD through the Education Management Specialist.
NCERD's vision
Initial teacher training is not sufficient to build and sustain a quality delivery system for education. Teachers need to develop and grow professionally on a continuous basis. NCERD is organised to fulfill these professional needs and discharges its mandate by collaborative interaction with education agencies and resource persons. The centre has served the nation well for more than twenty years. However, it is also recognised that it must be continually strengthened and improved in order to fulfill its vision and realise its long term goals. The vision of the Ministry of Education is as follows:-
“The development of a citizenry able to modernise Guyana and live in mutual respect”
Mission Statement
In fulfilling its mandated role, NCERD aims to improve the quality of education at all
levels of the system so that education may serve as an effective instrument of social and economic development. The Mission Statement of the Ministry of Education is as follows:-
“To eliminate illiteracy
To modernize education
To strengthen tolerance.”
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