P-82 Road Safety Education Integrated into the School’s Existing Curriculum
Author(s):
D Duval, M Johnson
Year of Presentation:
2025
Objective: To integrate road safety education into the
school’s curriculum and produce a new generation of road
users. Ensure all teachers are trained in this venture and all
classrooms are equipped with a school Road Safety education program guidance document (SRSEP) consisting of
four (4) modules: Nursery level 1-2, Primary Grade 1-6,
Secondary Grade 7-9, and Caribbean Secondary education
Certificate.
Methods: Step 1. Conduct a practical Train the Trainers workshop for Teachers, Police Traffic Ranks and Regional Road Safety members on how the integration will be conducted. Step 2. Teachers are trained to integrate road safety lessons into the subjects. Step 3. The above mentioned partners are trained to monitor and evaluate the progress and integration of the School Road Safety Education Program (SRSEP)/ modules into the school’s system by conducting practical activities. Training will be implemented according to Ministry of Education clusters: 11 Regional Education districts, six regions will receive training for 2024.
Results: Traininng workshops will be conduced across the country in approximately 1,273 schools with over 3000 Police trained to implement ,monitor and evaluate the implementation of these modules. A reduction of road crashes, injuries, and trauma by this category of road users.
Conclusion: The GNRSC after completing these trainings will continue to use the monitoring and evaluating part of this project to evaluate the progress of incorporating the SRSEP into the school’s system. It is our goal to see every classroom equipped with these modules and their teachings. In Guyana persons at the age of 16yrs old are eligible for their provisional license the same age as the students in the CSEC class.(learner drivers license).