{"id":349934,"date":"2025-10-07T09:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=349934"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:02:15","slug":"teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_349935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349935\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-349935\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"642\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Education Minister Octavia Alfred<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Education Minister Octavia Alfred believes that the success of educational reform and technological progress is fundamentally reliant on the dedication of teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement came following World Teachers Day, celebrated on October 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt reminds us that no reform, no innovation, no progress in education can succeed without the heart, the wisdom, and dedication of teachers,\u201d she said. \u201cAround the world, education systems are evolving at a pace we have never before experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cThe rise of digital learning, the demands for new skills, the pressing social and environmental challenges of our time, all require that education be more adaptive, more inclusive, and more transformative. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she noted that, \u201cno matter how ambitious the policies or\u00a0\u00a0how modern the infrastructure, the true agents of change remain the teachers who stand in the front of our classrooms every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are the ones who turn policy into practice, who transform curriculum into life experiences and who shape students not only into workers for tomorrow, but into citizens for today,\u201d Alfred noted.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she stated that the engine of transformation is not simply policy, curriculum, or infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is you, our teachers. You are the ones who ignite curiosity, nurture character, and open doors of opportunity for every child,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Alfred said teachers around the world are being asked to do more than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Namely, adapting to new technologies, meeting diverse learning needs, addressing social issues, and often doing so with limited resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite these challenges, you continue to show resilience, creativity, and a deep sense of duty,\u201d Alfred noted.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cYou stand as role models of commitment and sacrifice\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to add that we are living in an age of rapid digital transformation, yet made the distinction between technology and human resonance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology is reshaping the way we teach, learn, and communicate. But while computers can deliver information, only teachers can inspire understanding,\u201d Alfred explained.<\/p>\n<p>While artificial intelligence can process data, she believes that only teachers can instill values, empathy, and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transformation we seek in education begins not in machines, but in the human touch of the classroom, your voice, \u00a0your example, your guidance,\u201d she indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred said her ministry remains committed to strengthening the teaching process and to supporting teachers in this noble task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur vision for education reform is not complete without investment in teacher training, \u00a0professional development and fair recognition,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Education Minister Octavia Alfred believes that the success of educational reform and technological progress is fundamentally reliant on the dedication of teachers. Her statement came following World Teachers Day, celebrated on October 3. \u201cIt reminds us that no reform, no&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":349935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educationyouth","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Education Minister Octavia Alfred believes that the success of educational reform and technological progress is fundamentally reliant on the dedication of teachers. Her statement came following World Teachers Day, celebrated on October 3. \u201cIt reminds us that no reform, no...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"Malaika\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-07T13:02:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"642\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"342\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\"},\"headline\":\"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-07T13:02:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":420,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Education\\\/Youth\",\"Homepage Carousel\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/\",\"name\":\"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-07T13:02:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg\",\"width\":642,\"height\":342,\"caption\":\"Education Minister Octavia Alfred\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"Malaika\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/malaika\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister - Dominica News Online","og_description":"Education Minister Octavia Alfred believes that the success of educational reform and technological progress is fundamentally reliant on the dedication of teachers. Her statement came following World Teachers Day, celebrated on October 3. \u201cIt reminds us that no reform, no...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_author":"Malaika","article_published_time":"2025-10-07T13:02:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":642,"height":342,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730"},"headline":"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister","datePublished":"2025-10-07T13:02:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/"},"wordCount":420,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg","articleSection":["Education\/Youth","Homepage Carousel","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/","name":"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-07T13:02:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg","width":642,"height":342,"caption":"Education Minister Octavia Alfred"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/teachers-remain-fuel-for-any-educational-advancement-says-minister\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Teachers remain fuel for any educational advancement, says minister"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["Malaika"],"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/malaika\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Education-Minister-Octavia-Alfred-e1759841895817.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349936,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349934\/revisions\/349936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}