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AFRICAN UNION
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: 251 11-551 7700 Fax: 251 11-551 7844
Website: www.au.int
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ROAD MAP FOR TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
Outputs
Activities
Tasks
Indicators
and
deliverables
a. Normative
1.Discuss and define the i-Identify
key Profile of teachers at
definition of profile of teachers to challenges
entry and exit point at
the African respond to the challenges ii-Outline
of
the different levels
teacher
of the 21st century
teacher of the 21st
century
iii-Develop
a
competency
framework
Partners
involved
AUC
UNESCO
ADEA
RECs
UNICEF
2.Identify the learner’s
profile in relation to
education
systems
reforms
i-Take over the key Learner’s profile at
areas of educational entry and exit point at
reforms
different levels
ii-Outline of the learner
of the 21st century
century
AUC
UNESCO
ADEA
RECs
UNICEF
Time frame
T1 T2 T3 T4
x
x
x
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Outputs
Activities
3.Develop teacher and
professional development
programs corresponding
to updated teachers’ and
learners’ profiles
1.Advocate for increased
b. Enhanced
recognition and support
use of Open for prioritisation of ODL as
and Distance an alternative teacher
Learning
education provider
(ODL)
to
increase
access
to
teacher
education
2.Develop
generic
frameworks for the
development
of
appropriate teaching
and learning materials
Tasks
Indicators
and
deliverables
i-Develop training
Number
of
new
frameworks on
Teacher
programs
competencies defined
comprising
of
ii-Develop training
innovative
teaching
plans
and
learning
approaches
i-Make a plea for
Increase in resources
increasing number of
allocated to ODL in
distance education (DE) Member States
sites
ii-Establish and equip Increase in number of
these DE sites
teachers trained by
iii-Training of trainers
ODL
to support learning in
DE
Increase in number of
ODL training centres
i-Train the trainers in Manual on guidelines
instructional design for for
curriculum
DE
development
ii-Train
stakeholders
involved in curriculum
development for DE
3.Produce digital Open i-train
other
Educational
resources stakeholders in ODL
(OER)
ii. set up pedagogical
teams
4.Develop
quality i-define criteria for
assurance standards for quality in DE
ODL delivery
ii- identify indicators
relating to quality in DE
Partners
involved
AUC
UNESCO
ADEA
Time frame
T1 T2 T3 T4
x
AUC
UNESCO-IICBA
ACDE
AUF
x
ACDE
SAQA
SACMEQ
x
x
x
x
x
Increased number of
OER
x
Quality
Assurance ACDE
standards document
OER-Africa
Set
of
agreed AUF
indicators
x
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Outputs
Activities
Indicators
and
deliverables
Manual for use of
indicators for data
collection
1.Develop indicators of i-define quality criteria Set of agreed quality
quality for SMT teachers
in SMT
indicators for SMT
c. Improved
performance
in Science,
Mathematics 2.Develop an African
&
Curriculum framework
Technology
for
SMT
teacher
development
Tasks
-Establish a team to
develop curriculum
-Identify
the
competences required
for
teaching
and
learning of SMT
3.Establish
regional i- Identify centers of
teacher development excellence for teacher
centers in SMT
training in SMT
ii- Building the capacity
of these centers at
infrastructure level and
human resources
d. Improved
teacher
recruitment
processes
Partners
involved
Time frame
T1 T2 T3 T4
RECs
ADEA,
CEMASTEA
Afrocentric
SMT RECs
curricula
ADEA
ACDE
Number of text books
and teachers manuals
x
x
-Number
of AUC
operational regional CEMASTEA
teacher development
centers
x
x
x
x
x
x
-Number of teachers
trained
1.Finalise African teacher i. Present the protocol Recruitment agencies AUC
mobility protocol
to PACTED II for registered
with UNESCO-IICBA
validation
Ministries
of
Education and Foreign
Affairs
x
x
2.Advocate for teacher’s
rights, welfare and their
conditions of service in
the host country
x
x
i- Establish, in each Improved conditions RECS
REC, a team for of work for teachers
Member states
harmonization
ii- Make a plea to each
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Outputs
Activities
Tasks
Indicators
deliverables
and Partners
involved
Time frame
T1 T2 T3 T4
Member State
3. Facilitate wider access i-Provide a dedicated Updated
to
cross-border
website
for website
vacancies
member states to
publish
job
vacancies
for
teachers
ii- set up this site online
iii- advertise tis website
e. Pedagogical
1. Participate
in
access
to
UNESCO-AU project
General
History
of 2. Develop guidelines for
Africa
pre and in-service
teacher education in
the teaching and
learning of African
history
3. Advocate for African
History as a common
subject at tertiary
level
4. Identify peoples of
African
heritage
around the world
i-Identify competencies
for learning general
history of Africa
ii-Develop guidelines
for the teaching of
African history
i- Establish, in each
REC, a team for
advocacy
in
each
Member State
i- Define the African
Diaspora
ii- Identify associations
and sites for the
African Diaspora
iii- Dedicate a web site
dedicated RECs
Member states
Available
textbooks
for
primary
and
secondary schools
Teaching History of
Africa with a hands-on
approach
x
UNESCO
AUC
x
x
x
UNESCO
AUC
x
x
x
More students taking
History of Africa at
tertiary level
x
x
x
Number of diaspora
associations
x
x
x
Number of exchanges
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Outputs
f.
Activities
Fill the gap of
1.Promote a pan-African
policies
center for training
related
to
high-level executives
the teaching
who can influence
profession
policy
issues
for
teachers
Tasks
Indicators
and Partners
deliverables
involved
for e dissemination
between teachers and
iv- promote exchange students
of
the
of
teachers
and Diaspora
students among the
diaspora
i- Set up in UNESCOIICBA in Addis Ababa
an Advanced Training
programme aiming at
developing holistic
policies for the teacher
Number of African
executives trained at
IICBA in developing
comprehensive
policies
for
the
teacher
Time frame
T1 T2 T3 T4
UNESCO
x
ADEA COMSEC
COMSEC
RECs
Member States
Other partners
x
x
x
ii- Present a complete
course for
endorsement by
Member States
Number of policy
documents
holistic
teacher across the
iii- Mobilize human and continent
financial resources for
the implementation of
the program
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