In English and French. Based in Paris, France. "focuses on developing
partnerships between Ministers of Education and funding agencies in order
to promote effective education policies based on African leadership and ownership." Has full
text reports (in Adobe PDF format), the PRISME database
of education projects, by country, funding agency, etc.
Has Working Groups on: Books and Learning Materials, Distance Education and
Open Learning, Early Childhood Development, Education Sector Analysis,
Education Statistics, Female Participation in Education, Finance and
Education, Higher Education, Nonformal Education, The Teaching
Profession. Publishes a Newsletter sponsors
an Africa Education Journalism Award. [KF] http://www.adeanet.org/
Established by the Commonwealth govts. to widen access to education, esp.
thru distance education, teacher education, and associated technologies
in Commonwealth countries.
Models for success show literacy programs in Ghana and Zambia, teacher
training in Southern Africa, computer training in Zambia. Has Best
Practices in open and distance learning from Botswana, Seychelles, a 1994
report on African distance education, teacher ed. projects in Africa.
Has full text articles, in Adobe PDF, from their newsletter, Connections,
reports on Seychelles
and Cameroon distance education, etc. [KF] http://www.col.org
Multi-year project to "enhance understanding of how new teachers
acquire the skills needed to teach in different systems, and identify which
professional learning experiences, (including practice), are most useful and
valuable to new teachers." Project co-ordinated from the Centre for
International Education, University of Sussex Institute of Education in
partnership with universities in Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa and
Trinidad. Has full
text Discussion Papers and Research Reports (in MS Word and Adobe pdf)
on Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, South
Africa. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/usie/muster/index.html
"South African-based NGO that operates in the education and literacy sectors broadly, and in teacher development...... Focuses on pre-primary, primary and secondary schools. Established in 1979 and funded by foreign donors and the private sector, READ works alongside the Department of Education to implement teacher training and literacy projects in schools." Based in Ormonde, South Africa. http://www.read.co.za/
In five languages. "to improve education access,..... through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in African schools......works mainly with learners, teachers, policymakers and practitioners through country-based schoolnet organisations across Africa." Directory of schools with internet access in Africa, a directory of the country Schoolnets, full text Research Reports, has a monthly e-mail newsletter. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa. http://www.schoolnetafrica.net/
"to facilitate the sharing of both positive and negative experiences, and also research and development of new knowledge and skills among African teacher education institutions." Goals include - Establish an electronic and paper library in the form of core texts, CD-ROMs and the Internet; Update curricula in primary and secondary teacher education institutions in Africa; Improve mathematics, science, technology and language teaching among teacher educators and their students. IICBA is the International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa. http://www.ten-iicba.org/
"UNESCO has launched a high-priority Initiative on Teacher Training in sub-Saharan Africa (TTISSA) for 2006-2015. This Initiative will assist the continent’s 46 sub-Saharan countries in restructuring national teacher policies and teacher education."
The Centre has offered an international
Masters programme for over 20 years. Sponsors the Multi-Site Teacher
Education Research Project (working in Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi,
South Africa). The Center has acted as a Link Institute to support the
development of the Teacher Training College system at Provincial level
in South Africa. Has full text research
reports - The Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on the
Attainment of Primary Education for All in Sub-Saharan
Africa, Understandings of Education in an African Village: the Impact of Information
and Communication Technologies, Inclusion/Exclusion
in South African Education. Based in Brighton,
U.K. [KF] http://www.sussex.ac.uk/education/1-4-7.html
Projects, statistics, on all aspects (Girls' Education, Education Technology,
Early Child Development, Tertiary Education, Effective School and Teacher
Secondary Education, Adult Education, Global Education Reform, School Health,
Economics of Education) with many full
text reports. http://www1.worldbank.org/education/
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