The Implementation of the Continental
Teacher Development Roadmap
PACTED
by
Edem Adubra
Head of the Secretariat
International Task Force on Teachers for EFA
UNESCO, Paris
PAN- AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON TEACHER DEVELOPMENT (PACTED III)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16-17 July 2013
BACKGROUND
From PACTED as an Event to PACTED as a
PROCESS
• PACTED: Lomé (Togo) April 2011
– Recommandation for a Roadmap on Teacher
Development in Africa
– Recommandation for a recurrent PACTED
• PACTED 2: Abuja (Nigeria): Adoption of
PACTED Roadmap by COMEDAF
• PACTED Partners Mobilization: ADEA, UNESCO, EI,
UNICEF, Commonwealth Secretariat, OIF, PACT, International
Task Force on Teachers for EFA
Why an International Task Force on Teachers for
EFA and Why support PACTED?
 Persisting qualitative & quantitative teacher needs
 Need for global coordination
 Need for keeping teachers on the political agenda
 Support countries to address the need to:
 Develop appropriate policies
 Develop the capacity to plan, implement, monitor &
evaluate
 Generate and efficiently use the necessary financial
resources
All the above are to be informed by evidence (data, research)
 PACTED = a regional illustration of the above
The Task Force’s contribution to PACTED
1. Serves as secretariat for PACTED Partners
2. Partners consultation (Ouagadougou, Feb 2012)
3. Prepared PACTED M&E Framework
4. Organized PACTED Roadmap dissemination and
implementation workshop (Paris, Sep 2012 &
Windhoek, Nov 2012) see reports
5. Mobilized partnerships (Thailand and India) for
PACTED
6. Include support to PACTED in its strategic plan for
2013-2016
PACTED ACHIEVEMENTS:
OPERATIONALIZING THE ROADMAP
1. Linking the Roadmap with the AU 2nd Decade
plan of Action
2. Developing an M & E framework
3. Making the roadmap result-oriented
4. Development of a dissemination plan
5. Integrating a need for resource mobilization
6. Setting up a coordination team
7. Proposing a lead agency for each objective
8. Proposal for piloting the roadmap
OPERATIONALIZING THE ROADMAP
(in details)
• For items 1 to 5, these improvements were
integrated into the new draft of the Roadmap in a
background/introductory page
• For item 6 (Coordination) AU PACTED partners
propose: AUC as lead political coordinator ; the
Int’l Task Force on Teachers as lead technical
coordinator
• For item 7 on lead agencies, see next slide
• For the piloting of the roadmap and M&E tool,
countries identified are: Kenya, Senegal, Togo (and
possibly a state in Nigeria)
OPERATIONALIZING THE ROADMAP
LEAD AGENCIES FOR ROADMAP OBJECTIVES
Roadmap Obectives
1. Define standard-setting
characteristics for teachers
in Africa (UNESCO)
2. Greater use of distance
learning to improve access
to teacher training (African
Council for Distance
Education – ACDE)
3. Improved performance in
science, mathematics and
technology; (Centre for
Mathematics, Science and
Technology Education in Africa
(CEMASTEA)
Lead agencies
4. Standardization of
teacher recruitment and
mobility;(ComSec and
IICBA)
5. Use of the General
History of Africa in
education; (UNESCO &
AUC)
6. Filling of policy gaps
regarding the teaching
profession (IICBA &
ADEA)
OPERATIONALIZING THE ROADMAP
CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
CHALLENGES
1. Limited ownership
by Member States
2. Limited
engagement of the
Regional Economic
Communities
3. Resource allocation
& mobilization
4. Weak
Communication
5. No systematic social
dialogue on teacher
OPPORTUNITIES
1. PACTED back-to-back to COMEDAF;
Pilot countries; Task Force focal points
2. Sensitization and training scheduled
for RECs officers by coordinating team
3. Call for Member States’
commitment; South-South
partnership (Thailand & India )
4. ADEA WG on Communication ; Task
Force Webpage on PACTED
5. EI & Task Force proposal for a
roundtable (Ministers & Teacher
Unions
PROPOSAL FOR THE WAY FORWARD
1. The meeting to Endorse :
a. the Coordination mechanisms
b.
proposed pilot agenda
2. The meeting to recommand realistic
resource mobilization plan for PACTED up
to 2015
3. Lead agencies to prepare workplan (see
proposed TORs)
4. Inclusion on a High-level Regional
roundtable on social dialogue in next
PACTED agenda
THANK YOU
For more information visit the Website of the International
Task Force on Teachers for EFA:
http://www.teachersforefa.unesco.org/int/en