Education Minister Fayval Williams says the recruitment of foreign teachers to fill vacancies within the public education system is still in the discussion phase.

“To date, we only have the usual cadre of Cuban teachers and others that were in the system before. There has not been any new recruitment of teachers from other countries,” said Williams at a post-cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, August 28.

“There have been talks; there have been discussions, but our systems continue now as we speak today to have the same countries that we always had,” Williams added.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr Kasan Troupe, recently revealed that ambassadors from the Philippines and Ghana have approached the ministry regarding access to teachers from these countries.

This is as the ministry seeks to fill the teaching gap in education as teachers continue to leave the classrooms for greener pastures.

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