UNESCO International Institute for Capacity

Building in Africa

UNESCO International Institute for Capacity

Building in Africa1999 - 2009

Background

• Since the World Conference on Education (Jomtien, 1990), strengthening the capacity of African Ministries of Education was a major condition for Achieving EFA goals.

• This was also the central theme of the ADEA Biennale (Dakar, 1997) .

The 29th General Conference of UNESCO (Paris, 1999) created IICBA, a category I Institute based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Mandate

• To build and strengthen the capacities of teacher education institutions in Africa.

• To contribute to the design and implementation of the Second Decade of Education for Africa (2006-2015) in the areas of:

Teacher education Distance education Curriculum development Educational management

Mode of Operation

• Training (face-to-face) and ODL• Use of ICTs for education• Research• Partnership:African Union and its RECsUNESCO Cluster and National Offices and

National Commissions in AfricaADEA Working GroupsIndividual specialists and centres of excellence in

teacher education and development

Administration

•9 on an equitable geographical, linguistic and gender distribution •2 from Africa’s regional organizations•1 representative of the donor community oThe UNESCO DG representative and the UN agencies attend meetings without the right to voteo IICBA’s director is the secretary of the Board

Governing Board12 Full, 12 Alternate

Leadership

Julien Daboué, Officer in Charge

Joseph Ngu, Former Director

Fay Chung, Founding Director

2008-

2004-2008

1999-2003

Means of Action

•19 professional, administrative and support staff•Various UNESCO Networks:•UNESCO Permanent Delegations, http://erc.unesco.org/portal/PermanentDelegations.asp?language=en•UNITWIN, http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=41557&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Staff and UNESCO Networks

Interventions

1

Teacher Education and Teacher Training Institution Management (TE&TTIM)

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Educational Management, Research and Advocacy (EMR&A)

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ICTs for Education, Knowledge Management and Distribution (ICT4EKM&D)

TTISSA and 2nd Decade of Education for Africa

TE&TTIM

•MEd ICT (Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Uganda)

•Post Graduate Diploma in DE (Ethiopia, Gambia,

Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leone

Swaziland)•MA in Teaching Math and

Science (Ethiopia)•MEd Critical Practitioner

Inquiry (Ethiopia)

Degree Offering Programmes

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TE&TTIM …

•Produced modules for TEI management

•Trained heads of TEIs in 10 TTISSA countries

•Support to Nigeria MOE in training heads of TEIs•Support to CapEFA

implementation in Guinea, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania

Short-term Training

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EMR&A

•Produced IICBA Capacity Building Framework

•Produced Handbook for Educational Planners•Organised Women

Educational Leadership (WEL) workshops

•Launched Fundamental Series on Teacher Issues in

Africa

Short-term Training

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EMR&A …

•Commissioned research on Early Childhood Care and Education in six countries

(Burkina Faso, Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Nigeria

and South Africa)•Sponsoring and publication

of booklets on Girls’ Participation in Education,

Manual for Multigrade Teaching, Manual for

Textbook Writers, Manual for Integrating HIV/AIDS into

School Curriculum

Short-term Training

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ICT4EKM&D

•Needs Assessment on ISAT •Case Studies on ICT4E

•Training on Pedagogy-based ICT use in education

•Training on contextualizing science teacher education using opensource software•Training on ICT-enhanced

Teacher Standards

ICT for Education (ICT4E)

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ICT4EKM&D …

•Teacher Education Network (www.ten-iicba.org)•Electronic Libraries

(http://library.unesco-iicba.org)•Production of interactive CD-

ROMs on HIV/AIDS•Newsletters and website (www.unesco-iicba.org)

•Use of opensource software

Knowledge Management and Distribution

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Partnership

International Forum International Forum on Teacher Education on Teacher Education

Innovation (China)Innovation (China)

Teacher Development inTeacher Development inthe Second Decade ofthe Second Decade of

Education for Africa (AU)Education for Africa (AU)

Pedagogy-based Pedagogy-based ICT Use in EducationICT Use in Education

(Korea Natcom)(Korea Natcom)

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Partnership …

CapEFA on ODLCapEFA on ODL(BREDA)(BREDA)

ICT in Education StatisticsICT in Education Statistics(UIS)(UIS)

Teachers ProfessionalTeachers ProfessionalDevelopmentDevelopment

(USAID and SIDA)(USAID and SIDA)

Future PlanEstablishing

Further Network of Partners

Working Closely with the AU and its RECs

Continued Support to TTISSA Implementation

Undertaking Research and Effective Use of ICT

for Teacher Development

Enhanced and Sustainable Teacher Education in Africa

©UNESCO-IICBA, 2009

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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