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Dr. Tamashwar Budhoo is a Guyanese scholar, born on September 7, 1980. He recently completed his Doctorate in Education – Majoring in Curriculum Instruction and Assessment at Walden University. He has been in the education system for the past 25 years.

Biography
Dr. Budhoo grew up in Mahaicony, Guyana with his parents Sugrim and Sirimati Budhoo, who are farmers. He attended Karamat Primary School and wrote Common Entrance Examination in 1989. He gained entry to Bush Lot Secondary School. However, because of the family financial position they sent him to Karamat Primary Top. At the age of 14 he started staying away from school and was more involved in farming with his parents. By the age of 16 he wanted to pursue a different career, so he applied for a teaching job. He started teaching at Karamat Primary School and his teaching career continued thereafter. Presently, Dr. Budhoo is a lecturer at the University of Guyana, Education and Humanities Department where he is lecturing curriculum studies, Issues in Education-Research Methods and Issues and philosophy in teaching mathematics. He is being able to share his knowledge and skills in Curriculum Instruction and Assessment and to be able to deliver quality instructions to my fellow educators. Through the years, he developed an interest in curriculum development and assessment because it is an essential process in delivering quality education to our nation.

Education and Academic Career
In 1998 Dr. Budhoo sat the Guyana In-Service Distance Education pre-test, he excelled and began training with the Guyana In-Service Distance Education Performance Guide. After completing the programme in 2000 he attended Cyril Potter College of Education (2000 -2003) where he acquired a trained teacher certificate (Secondary Mathematics Major). After graduation he attended the University of Guyana Faculty of Natural Sciences where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in science in 2009, followed by Post Graduate Diploma in Education with Mathematics Major in 2012

He continued his studies at Walden University Online where he did a Master of Science Degree in Education, Major – Mathematics. (Confer on Sept 14, 2014). Then  his Education Doctoral Degree (Curriculum, Instructions, and Assessment) also at Walden University Online (Confer May16, 2021)

Dr. Budhoo was involved in preparing Mathematics Examination questions for National Third Form Examination and for the Test Development Unit at the Ministry of Education Guyana, he also moderated Examination Questions for the Test Development Unit at the Ministry of Education, test question item analysis for the Test Development Unit Ministry of Education NCERD. He has participated in the development of Schemes of Works for Grade 7 to Grade 11 in mathematics for the Secondary Schools in Guyana. He also worked on the Guyana Secondary School Improvement Project for Mathematics Education as Part of Mathematics Technical Group in Curriculum development.

He conducted several Mathematics Workshop for teachers in Guyana in collaboration with Secondary Sector, Ministry of Education and National Centre for Education Resource Development.

Dr. Budhoo worked as Assistant Examiner Information Technology, Script Marking Exercise for Caribbean Examination Council in Trinidad and Tobago.

He completed a course in Mathematics Coaching as part of a Professional Development Session, with Mount Saint Vincent University move. CA and was coached by Evan Throop-Robinson, PhD. (ABD),2015, Assistant Professor, School of Education Mount Saint Vincent University.

Achievements/Awards
Dr Budhoo was awarded by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education for the Best Graduating Student for his Teaching Practice when he graduated from Cyril Potter College of Education 2003.

He received the Students Council Prize for the Best Student Teaching Practice – Cyril Potter College of Education 2003 also, he was awarded Guyana Teacher’s Union Prize for The Practice of Education –University of Guyana in 2012.

Research
Dr. Budhoo(2021) conducted his study on Teacher Efficacy in Bermuda Middle School Geometry Classroom. He found that pupils scores in the checkpoint examination, conducted at the grade 6 level is below 2.0 which pose a problem for teachers to continue working with them since they lack basic mathematical skills. He conducted a qualitative study with the teachers at Bermuda Middle School. Results showed that teachers need support in delivering mathematics content and concept to pupils. Also, there is need for teachers to widen their knowledge of the content to be delivered and they need assistance in planning and implementing varying teaching strategies to support geometry learning.

Publication
Teacher Efficacy in Bermuda Middle School Geometry Classrooms. Tamashwar Budhoo (2021), Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies 10480.

http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/10480.

Reference
Bhagirat; L. (2021) From School Dropout to PhD. htpp:|| www.inewsguyana.com.

Budhoo; T (2021) Teacher Efficacy in Bermuda Middle School Geometry Classrooms. Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies 10480.

http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/10480.