Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development, Eastern Africa April 2011.

Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development,

Eastern Africa

April 2011

Teachers and administrators from 14 countries have completed professional development programmes at AKU-IED

Overview of AKU-IED, EA

• Established in 2006 • Is the outcome of the successes of AKU-IED,

Pakistan and the Professional Development Centre (PDC), Lead-in project in EA

• Based in Dar es Salaam but offers programmes in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya

• Registered with the Tanzanian Commission for Universities

Goal

To contribute to improving the quality of education in the region by creating a scholarly centre of excellence in teacher education and professional development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Guiding principles

• Access, relevance, positive impact and high quality

• Teachers and educational leaders are central to the improvement of quality in education.

• Not a mass provider of education but will work with and through governments and other education systems/institutions.

Teaching programmes

• Master in Education

• Certificates in Education

• Tailor-made, short courses

Master in Education

• Two - year, full-time programme• Targets teachers and educational leaders at all

levels• Specialisation – Teacher Education &

Educational Leadership & management

Certificate Programmes

• Target – teachers, heads/aspiring heads, educational leaders, teacher educators, education officers, inspectors etc

• Wide range of courses

• Contextually appropriate

• Field-based

• Spread over 6 months – 3200 hrs

• Face-to-face (at present)

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