Scaling pre-service teacher education model and enhancing teacher professionalism

Education

Timeframe 14.04.2026-30.01.2030 Aktiivne

Target group Teachers and education workers

Budget 5 900 000 EUR

Funders

Euroopa Komisjon

Partners

Teachers are one of the biggest investments in any education system. Evidence points consistently to the impact that effective and quality teaching has on improving learning outcomes. But teachers and teaching across the African continent are confronted with several adverse and constraining factors that undermine their ability to teach and to facilitate learning. These factors are broadly seen across the continent but the conditions and context in which they manifest vary from country to country.

The project is part of the Team Europe Initiative in Sub-Saharan African countries, which aims to improve learning outcomes and the socio-emotional development of children in Africa, by having a more competent, motivated and inclusive teacher workforce in basic education

Project objectives

The project focuses on strengthening core elements of teacher education by aligning curricula and pedagogical methodologies with Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) principles.

The project further strengthens teacher professionalism through the integration of digital pedagogy and gender-responsive STEM education.

Actions and results

Action line 1: Pre-service teacher training development

Teacher training higher education institutions demonstrate strengthened institutional capacity to independently design, deliver, and continuously improve CBC-aligned pedagogy, supported by in-house expertise and peer mentoring.
A foundational institutional capacity and collaborative network for CBC alignment is established, enabling coordinated implementation efforts and sustained regional knowledge exchange.

Action line 2: Enhancing teachers' professionalism (digital skills and gender transformative practices)

At least 2,000 teachers receive structured training in digital competencies, covering both foundational and applied digital pedagogy skills aligned with CBC requirements.
At least 100 teachers and teacher trainers are trained through Train-the-Trainer (ToT) programmes in STEM education and gender-transformative pedagogical approaches, enabling them to act as multipliers within their institutions and regions.
At least 1,000 learners (children) directly benefit from the project through hands-on, practice-based STEM learning activities, delivered by trained teachers as part of teaching practice.