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COTAP will also start development of T-surf 24/7 , the   Work on the other areas of focus will then follow.
            one-stop portal to facilitate professional learning   T-craft , a  three-tier  mentorship  scheme,  will  be
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            and  development  of teachers  and school  leaders   developed for implementation at system level,

            anytime,  anywhere.    T-surf 24/7   would  enable the   targeting student and novice teachers, middle
            profession  to have  easy access  to  information   leaders and newly-appointed principals so that
            on various CPD programmes, including those         they may benefit from quality on-site support and
            provided by the Government, TEIs, educational      learn their craft as they transition into new career

            bodies, tertiary institutions and non-governmental   stages.  Promotional schemes to be organised
            organisations.  It would be a repository for       under T-applause will be planned to highlight the
            e-learning resources to support self-paced learning,   achievements and contributions of distinguished
            and eventually it may well be possible for this to   members of the teaching profession, raise public

            support the e-learning elements under the new      awareness of their professionalism and status, help
            types and modes of programmes to be developed      attract new talent into the field, and retain dedicated
            under  T-train .  The teaching profession would    and high-quality members in the profession.
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            also be able to use T-surf 24/7  for CPD planning and   COTAP would study, under  T-bridge, how best
            evaluation  at  individual,  subject  panel,  functional   student and novice teachers could be helped to
            committee and school levels, adopting supporting   bridge the theory-practice gap, and better meet the
            tools developed from T-standard .                  expectations and needs of schools and society.
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                                                               COTAP will facilitate better communication and

            COTAP will begin to roll out activities under      collaboration between the school sector and TEIs
            T-share to facilitate collaborative learning and   for continuous improvement of programme design
            experience sharing on themes of common interest    and  delivery,  and  better  connection  between
            among teachers and school leaders, drive robust    theories learnt in ITE programmes  and real-life

            school leadership, and promote  innovations        practice in schools.
            and improvement in pedagogy and student
            development.













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