British Council’s training programme of primary teachers end with graduation ceremony

The graduation ceremony of the second group of primary teachers under the Training of Master Trainers in English (TMTE) project was held today at Primary Teacher's Training Institutes in Dhaka, Gazipur, Sherpur, Jashore, Barishal, and Gopalganj. 

TMTE, a collaboration between the British Council and Directorate of Primary Education, is a large-scale project with the aim of improving English language proficiency and teaching practice of over 2,000 primary teachers across multiple cohorts of training.

As part of this second cohort, British Council has trained 220 primary teachers in six districts, who will go on to provide improved, quality English training in their schools across the country, a press release said.

These teachers are the second group of Bangladeshi primary teachers, who started their 14-week professional development journey on October 24, 2021.

Today, the teachers were presented with their certificates rewarding them for all their hard work and dedication over the last several months.

Alamgir Mohammed Monsurul Alam, director general, Directorate of Primary Education (DPE), attended the event as chief guest.

David Maynard, director, English and Education of the British Council presented the keynote speech.

Dilip Kumar Banik FCMA, additional director general (PEDP4), Sohel Ahmed, additional director general (Admin), and Dr Uttam Kumar Das, director (Training), of the Directorate of Primary Education were also present as special guests in the virtual graduation ceremony.