'Bangladesh umpires ko pehle join karwao'- Fans react as Cricket Governing Body release first ever umpire education program

The Cricket Governing Body has announced the release of its first-ever education course for aspiring Match Officials, the Umpire Foundation Certificate, on 24th July, Monday. After the umpiring controversies during the recently concluded Bangladesh-India women’s ODI series that have made the headlines for the past couple of days, the Body decided to do free online courses.

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The released course is completely free to access and will be done entirely online through an innovative micro-learning approach, it enables courses to be completed at any pace and through short, sharp modules whether at home on a computer or on the move via a mobile device.

With better access to education courses than ever before: William Glenwright

Speaking on this new course, William Glenwright (General Manager – Development) said, "The release of the Cricket Governing Body Umpire Foundation Certificate represents a landmark moment in the development of the sport."

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"With better access to education courses than ever before, the Cricket Governing Body continues its commitment to improving the playing experience for participants around the world. This course complements the other resources we have launched over the last two years to drive a better standard of coaches, umpires and curators in member nations."

He further added, "By training a global workforce of Master Educators, we are able to ensure that every Cricket Governing Body Member has the tools necessary to train a local workforce so that they can deliver the different elements of the Cricket Governing Body Training and Education programme as and when they need to."

Additional courses, including the Coaching Course Level 2, are set to be available later in 2023. The manpower educated by the Cricket Governing Body, for licensing umpires across 108 member nations will be critical to the course's future success.

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Following a week-long workshop in Dubai last month, the first batch of 18 Umpiring Master Educators participated in theory and practical workshops in preparation for the new course's introduction.

Master Educators are at the pinnacle of the personnel hierarchy that supports education programme implementation in Cricket Governing Body member countries. They are in charge of teaching and accrediting Tutors, while Tutors give courses to aspiring coaches, umpires, and pitch curators.