MATHS TEACHERS
Experienced mathematics teachers are in big demand, it seems. A retired Maths teacher has been approached to tutor students after school hours. He has been overwhelmed by requests not only from parents but from schools too.
He has been asked by some school heads to go and teach students after school hours. He has taken up an offer to teach a class at a Suva school and he will be paid by the hour. The hunt for experienced maths teachers started after the Year 12 and 13 Maths marks were released last year.
The poor results have caused widespread concern about the standard of Maths teaching.
As a result some parents and schools have sought remedial action on their own to ensure that their students do not miss out this year.
Some tertiary institutions have readjusted their entry levels which have a maths component to allow students to enrol in programmes. If you are a retired Maths teacher put your hand up. You are exactly what some schools need.
WALTZING THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL
Looking for new ideas or innovation is part of thinking outside the box in education. Learning institutions have developed and grown because of these new ideas. We have borrowed ideas and systems from other countries in our desire to improve the quality of education here.
Parents in a New Zealand school were pleasantly surprised when music was played instead of the traditional ringing of the bell at the beginning of the school year.
The students loved it when it was a popular musical number. The change was made because the old way was failing to attract the students. Some were ignoring it and turning up late. Now everyone is humming and waltzing their way to school – on time.
CASHING IN ON 7S
Two men were doing brisk business selling discs about the the Fiji Airways National men’s 7s victory in the Sydney 7s in Nausori on Tuesday.
When a BTL reader tried to take a photo, they objected for reasons only they knew.
Why were they worried?
They would only be afraid if they were operating without a proper business licence.