By Alusine Fullah
Foday Kuyateh, Regional Secretary Western Region, SLTU has confined to the general public that all teachers in Sierra Leone should have teaching license.
The 2011 TSC Act mandates the Teaching Service Commission to register and license all teachers; maintain and upgrade annually a register of all licensed teachers and publish the register in the Gazette. The Teacher Registration and Licensing Department within the TSC carries out this function with the objective of ensuring.
The Regional Secretary Western Region noted: “Through this role the TSC intends to impart confidence to parents that their children are being supervised and taught by State-recognised persons who have been scrutinised and deemed worthy to provide quality education and guidance…”
Teacher policies are the regulations and principles of action that shape and constrain who teachers are and what they do at the level of schools and in the education system. The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) shall use teacher policies to shape the teaching force, enhance the quality of teacher performance, and guide what teachers do in the best interest of learners. As such the TSC in collaboration of other sister bodies has decided a comprehensive set of teacher licence strategy in line with its mandate…”
