THE Ministry of Education’s Unit of Allied Arts, on Friday, handed over several musical instruments to the Music Department at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) Turkeyen.
According to a press release, the acoustic guitars, trumpets, keyboards, drum sets and recorders cost more than $1 million.
Education Officer with responsibility for Music at the Unit of Allied Arts, Joel Gonsalves, stated that the aim of the initiative is to ensure that graduating teachers are skilled in playing at least three instruments.

This, he explained, will add to the growing cohort of music teachers across the country.
Gonsalves noted that it was also in keeping with the Ministry of Education’s plan to ensure that each child is exposed to a foreign language, a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) subject, a sport and a musical instrument before graduating secondary school.

Meanwhile, the Music Coordinator at CPCE, Althea Hamilton-Wintz, expressed gratitude to the Unit of Allied Arts on behalf of the college.
She said that the donation will enable each teacher enrolled in the music class access to an instrument.