Truancy workers/school wardens benefit from training

Truancy officers in charge of monitoring school attendance and school wardens responsible for the safety of school children are engaged in a two-day training programme. The Truancy Unit and Quality Assurance Development Services of the Ministry of Education are hosting the programme in which more than eighty officers are participating. The venue is the campus of the Old Teachers College.

Patrick Faber, Minister of Education
“The Ministry of Education, through this unit, is saying to you that if you do not have all that it takes, then we will help you. A very important part—particularly the school liaison officers and school wardens—a very important part of your job is being able to communicate, being able to relate issues, being able to speak to parents, being able to speak to those who are in control in the school, being able to speak to the teachers, being able to speak to the kids. And many of us don’t have that kind of skill or we need to brush up on that kind of skill and that is the focus of today’s workshop.”

Dale Anthony, Mgr., Truancy Unit, Ministry of Education
“The training is basically to foster communication skills and the public relation skills so that our school wardens and truancy officers will be better equipped to deal with the people that you would normally come in contact with on an everyday basis.”

The training ends tomorrow with the presentation of awards and certificates to the wardens. The programme will also be offered next to officers in the south and west.