“Training of Master Trainers in English” (TMTE) project, a collaboration between the British Council and Directorate of Primary Education, has organized its graduation ceremony of the 4th cohort of primary teachers recently at 10 Primary Teacher’s Training Institutes (PTIs) across the country, a press release said Thursday.
The ceremony at the Dhaka PTI was attended by Md. Mahbubur Rahman Billah, deputy director, training division, Directorate of Primary Education (DPE); David Maynard, director education, British Council Bangladesh; and Mirza Md. Hasan Khasru, divisional deputy director, primary education, Dhaka division. Besides Dhaka, the ceremony was also held at the Gazipur, Sherpur, Jashore, Barishal, Gopalganj, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Moulvibazar PTIs.
Activities under the latest cohort of TMTE had been designed by the British Council for 429 primary teachers, who received exclusive guidance on reciprocal learning and better ideas on how to make English language learning more interesting and effective for primary school students. It was a 14-week programme.
Md. Mahbubur Rahman Billah said, “We want to build a knowledge-based society, so we shall all play our desired role in supporting this journey.”
David Maynard said, “One of the things we want you to recognize out of this training is that English is very important, and it is great that you have learnt English.”
Mirza Hasan Khasru, divisional deputy director, Primary Education, Dhaka Division said, “If our children in the schools can learn better English, only then we will achieve success for this training programme.”
As a part of the government’s 2018 “Primary Education Development Programme 4” (PEDP4), The British Council had been awarded the large training programme initiative “English for Primary Teachers” (EPT).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the project with utmost priority on developing children’s English learning proficiency. The project aligned with the 2030 SDG 4, where The British Council was recognized as the best partner. In the following year, the government approved TMTE – the BDT 47 Crore project – pivoting the national education reformation plans. After some delay due to Covid-19, TMTE project was officially launched in January, 2021, by Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni, MP.
Cohort 5 starts on Sunday 25 September 2022 in PTIs across the country, including Chattogram, Cumilla and Joypurhat.
