Over 500 Grade 1 Math tutors to undergo retraining

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Education (DepEd) will send some 590 Grade 1 teachers from DepEd divisions nationwide to a training seminar to enhance their teaching of interactive Mathematics.

The DepEd said the three-day event will be conducted by experts from the University of the Philippines-National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development.

This after the success of the pilot run in ten selected public elementary schools of the Improving Technology-Enhanced Activities for Creative Honing of Mathematical Skills program.

"Our goal here is to strengthen the capacity of teachers in learning and applying the contents of the interactive Grade 1 Mathematics courseware,"Education Secretary Armin Luistro said.

The four trainers from UP-NISMED will facilitate the sessions on teaching ten lessons with 16 activities on Grade 1 Mathematics courseware.

"This will serve as either enhancement or enrichment materials in teaching Grade 1 Math, part of our continuing thrust to upgrade Math instruction in  public schools," Luistro said.

iTEACH is a collaborative project of DepEd, the Department of Science and Technology- Science Education Institute, Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and emerging Technology Research and Development and the UP-NISMED.