Africa’s Educator Crisis: What got us here won’t get us there
In our first blog, I shared with you our vision to transform teaching and learning across the African continent. Our initial hypotheses have invariably been disproven as we faced challenges and heard the voices of teachers, entrepreneurs and policy makers. In this blog, I want to share our evolving understanding of the educator workforce context, […]
Putting African educators at the center of Africa’s ed-tech revolution
African education faces an existential challenge. By 2030, 15 million teachers will be needed to address the continent’s population growth and the wave of teacher retirement.1 At the same time, student outcomes have continued to lag – 61 million learners are currently expected to reach adolescence without basic life skills; an indictment of the support […]
Keeping it practical: critical components of effective pre-service teacher training
Keeping it practical: critical components of effective pre-service teacher training Across the African continent, most governments’ stated intent is to reform and democratise the education system, yet the difficulties of training and retaining adequate numbers of teachers remains a significant and growing challenge, especially in rural area 1. Sub-Saharan Africa needs to recruit 15 million […]
Africa’s Educator Crisis: What got us here won’t get us there
In our first blog, I shared with you our vision to transform teaching and learning across the African continent. Our initial hypotheses have invariably been disproven as we faced challenges and heard the voices of teachers, entrepreneurs and policy makers. In this blog, I want to share our evolving understanding of the educator workforce context, […]
Putting African educators at the center of Africa’s ed-tech revolution
African education faces an existential challenge. By 2030, 15 million teachers will be needed to address the continent’s population growth and the wave of teacher retirement.1 At the same time, student outcomes have continued to lag – 61 million learners are currently expected to reach adolescence without basic life skills; an indictment of the support […]
Keeping it practical: critical components of effective pre-service teacher training
Keeping it practical: critical components of effective pre-service teacher training Across the African continent, most governments’ stated intent is to reform and democratise the education system, yet the difficulties of training and retaining adequate numbers of teachers remains a significant and growing challenge, especially in rural area 1. Sub-Saharan Africa needs to recruit 15 million […]