Better training, prospects for pre-school teachers

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Madam Palaniammal Periasamy, 48, vice-principal at a PCF Sparkletots kindergarten, also conducts daily Tamil language lessons for about 17 children, ranging from Nursery 2 to Kindergarten 2 level.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Madam Palaniammal Periasamy, 48, vice-principal at a PCF Sparkletots kindergarten, also conducts daily Tamil language lessons for about 17 children, ranging from Nursery 2 to Kindergarten 2 level.

Last week, she began a six-month course with the National Institute of Early Childhood Development to specialise in Tamil language teaching. The class has 26 students, she told The Straits Times. The institute is part of the Government's efforts to give pre-school teachers better training and career progression, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who mentioned Madam Palaniammal in his National Day Rally speech yesterday.She also sits on a committee that shapes the Tamil language curriculum in PCF kindergartens."I can bring back the knowledge and share the experience with other teachers," she said.

 

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