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| July 2004 |
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AKU-IED Assists Afghanistan in Developing Teacher Educators After two decades of instability, a new era of hope has dawned in Afghanistan. To enhance personal and social development, the Government of Afghanistan has prioritised access to quality education, mandating its Ministry of Education to develop a new curriculum for all grades and types of schools. The Ministry is focusing on needs analysis, which includes the development of a curriculum framework, syllabi and textbooks.
AKU's Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) is assisting these initiatives through AKDN's Educational Support Programmes in Afghanistan. It aims to have an impact on the development of the education system through capacity building programmes and activities for teachers and teacher educators in Afghanistan. The primary mission of AKU is the development of quality human resources that are trained to respond to the unique needs of the developing world. In a pioneering initiative, AKU-IED designed and conducted a 'Certificate in Education: Primary Education (Mentoring)' programme for Afghan teacher educators and others in the field of education. The two-month programme, which attracted 24 participants, focused on developing mentors by improving pedagogical content knowledge as well as assessment, classroom management and reflective skills. The course helped participants understand the critical issues in their personal and professional development, and enabled them to work on-the-job with teachers. It focused on the integration of social studies, science, language teaching and mathematics. Participants described it as "effective", noting that the "topics covered the needs of the master trainers, especially in the context of working in Afghanistan." Read more on AKU-IED at http://www.aku.edu/ied/
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