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New Flash: Govt testing teachers' competency
The government is currently conducting a teachersâ competency test across the country to assess the quality of educational manpower
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he government is currently conducting a teachers' competency test across the country to assess the quality of educational manpower. The testing program commenced on Nov. 9 and will run until Nov. 29.
'The teachers' competency test is participated in by 3,015,315 officially registered teachers across the archipelago,' said Sumarna Surapranata, director general for teachers and educationalstaff at the Ministry of Education and Culture.
'Only 38 regencies and cities hold the test offline,while 532 regencies and cities conduct the test online. Hopefully, teachers will train themselves on how to use a computer, so that they won't feel awkward when facing the online test,' he said.
Every teacher is expected to join the competency test once, with test materials taken from the lessons that they teach daily.
The test results will form the basis of a teacher training program that the government plans to run in the future. 'Based on the data, it is expected that the program will reach its aims,' he said.
