id21 Education

Teaching sustainable development through e-distance training

id21 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:50:24 +0000

Decentralisation in many African countries means that local governments have more responsibility for managing resources. But how can we best teach the practical work-based skills needed for this? Successful distance learning programmes must be designed for sustainable development, particularly using computers and the Internet.

Teacher training colleges prevent HIV infection in Africa

id21 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:45:39 +0000

The burden of HIV and AIDS is undermining the capacity of educational systems to function in Africa. Teacher training colleges need to rise to the challenge. Education ministries can play a key role in ensuring HIV and AIDS policies are integrated into teacher training structures.

ICTs for education in Africa

id21 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:41:53 +0000

It is believed information and communication technologies can be used to introduce and continue education reform in Africa. While the evidence suggests there is an increasingly widespread demand for the use of such technologies in education in African countries, there is little documentation of associated initiatives.

Linking school attendance with adolescent reproductive and sexual health

id21 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:17:09 +0000

School attendance has increased dramatically in developing countries over the last two to three decades. Teenagers also face different sexual and reproductive health challenges. Tracing the links between school attendance and adolescent sexual and reproductive health is key to understanding what programmes will be most effective.

In-service versus pre-service HIV training for health professionals

id21 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:08:50 +0000

The rapid expansion of HIV treatment in settings with limited resources has required an equally rapid input of training for health professionals. In-service training courses have allowed clinical teams to be quickly prepared, but pre-service training may be a more cost-effective, sustainable alternative.

ITaking the long view to provide social protection for children

id21 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:59:53 +0000

Children are vulnerable in different ways to adults. Mainstream social protection programmes must therefore take account of their differing needs. Recognising how deprivation and poverty are transmitted across generations and across time requires programmes to take a long-term view, tackling multiple deprivations through protective as well as transformative ways

Women's literacy training using ICTs

id21 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:10:20 +0000

2007/10 - id21 [About 18 percent of adults worldwide remain illiterate, the majority of them women and mostly from the poor sectors of society. How common is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for women’s literacy training and what strategies can help ensure a project is successful?]

Practical advice on school sanitation in Africa

id21 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:27:39 +0000

2008/10 - id21 [Lack of sanitation facilities prevents many children, especially girls, from attending school. The health and well-being of pupils and staff is greatly enhanced if there are enough clean water and sanitation facilities and everyone washes their hands with soap. Education planners must make sanitation central to effective school management]

Trainers and businesses cooperate in Senegal

id21 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:06:54 +0000

2006/06 - id21 [In Africa the digital divide has prevented electronic delivery of lifelong learning. A programme in Senegal has shown that it is possible for educators to work with employers to establish a distance professional training scheme using appropriate information and communication technologies (ICTs)]

Can open and distance learning help make South Asia competitive?

id21 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:51:02 +0000

2008/11 - id21 [Rapid advances in technology have made open and distance learning (ODL) more attractive to South Asian policymakers, but information about results is lacking. What role can ODL play in low-income countries’ skills strategies in a globalised knowledge economy? Can institutions become more accessible to the poor?]

Enseignants du primaire : une profession en mutation en Afrique subsaharienne francophone

id21 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:26:42 +0000

2008/08 - id21 [Pour beaucoup de pays d’Afrique subsaharienne, garantir un accès universel à une éducation primaire de qualité se traduit par l’amélioration de la qualité de l’enseignement mais surtout par le recrutement en masse de nouveaux enseignants]

Are teachers facing a motivation crisis?

id21 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:23:38 +0000

2008/08 - id21 [Achieving the education-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of basic education for all by 2015 will be a major challenge for national governments, especially as concern is growing that teachers are becoming increasingly demotivated. Is there a crisis in motivation among teachers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and if so, why? How can teachers be adequately motivated?]

The World Bank and the knowledge revolution

id21 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:17:53 +0000

2008/08 - id21 [Since 2000, the World Bank has seen higher education as vital to development. This is a change of focus from its advocacy throughout the 1990s, primarily based around basic education linked to the Education for All goals. In that time, research documented higher benefits to developing economies from primary education. Within the Bank, there is now acceptance that the neglect of higher education was misplaced]

De meilleurs enseignants et en plus grand nombre : parvenir à une éducation de qualité pour tous

id21 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:13:55 +0000

2008/08 - id21 [Selon un récent rapport de l’Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO, pour atteindre les objectifs de l’enseignement primaire universel (EPT), il faudra dix-huit millions d’enseignants de plus au cours des dix prochaines années. Il faut en effet ouvrir de nouveaux postes mais aussi remplacer les enseignants qui abandonnent l’enseignement]

Trouver son chemin : ce à quoi les femmes enseignantes aspirent dans le Nord du Pakistan

id21 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:09:53 +0000

2008/08 - id21 [Les femmes qui enseignent dans le Nord du Pakistan sont confrontées à des obstacles culturels considérables. Une recherche menée par l’Université Aga Khan analyse les expériences que vivent les femmes qui tentent de construire leur carrière enseignante au sein d’une société patriarcale et la façon dont elles trouvent un équilibre entre leurs différents engagements]