The increase in student-teacher ratios and in the teaching load are some of the alternatives that the General Directorate of Education in Holguín has implemented to fill the necessary teacher’s coverage in front of classrooms in the northeastern territory.
It is made up of more than 1,300 schools where all levels of education are taught, including the Calixto García and José Martí mixed schools, the province of Holguín has the most extensive educational network in the country, explained, Noel Perez Gonzalez, methodologist and head of Human Resources.As a result, and in spite of the approval of the payment for years of service, there is still a difficult situation with the completion of the teching staff, which, until the partial closure of the start of the 2024-2025 school year, was 92 percent, he said.
In order to solve the problem of the shortage of teachers, the variants approved in Resolution 2024-2025 are being applied, like an increase in teachers’ pay, including an increase in the number of students per teacher and the addition of hours or programs to the usual amount, he said.
Holguín faces challenges in teacher’s coverage
Other measures employed include the incorporation of school board members into the classrooms and temporary contracts in Youth and Adult Education, in which around 300 professionals from different organizations and more than 100 production and service specialists in Technical and Vocational Education, he said.
Although to a lesser extent, Perez Gonzalez said, officials and methodologists also go to the schools to teach classes, and workers from the National Sports Institute, from Workers’ Education, Physical Education and Recreation are also hired to cover this subject.
At present, Basic Secondary and Technical and Vocational Education have the greatest number of needs, mainly in the subjects of English and mathematics, and the provincial capital city is one of the most affected territories, unlike Sagua de Tanamo, which has about 99 percent of the required teachers.
The professional added that the behavior of teacher coverage so far this year is being evaluated, which takes into account the reinstated workers, Pedagogy graduates from the last calendar year and new students who have been employed in the sector, which are a valuable force in the current context.
With information from Cubann News Agency / Translated by Radio Angulo
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