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The International Task Force on The International Task Force on ‘Teachers for EFA’ and Update on ‘Teachers for EFA’ and Update on
the EFA Teacher Gapthe EFA Teacher Gap
““Providing teachers for EFA: quality matters”Providing teachers for EFA: quality matters”6-7 July 2010 Amman, Jordan6-7 July 2010 Amman, Jordan
Education For All (EFA) Education For All (EFA) goalsgoals
1) Expanding and improving early childhood care and education,
2) Achieving universal primary education, 3) Meeting learning needs of youth and adults, 4) Improving adult literacy by 50%, 5) Achieving gender equality, and
6) Ensuring quality in education.
Why Teachers for EFA?Why Teachers for EFA?
Precondition to achieving each & every EFA goal
Bridging Quantity (access) and Quality (learning
outcomes)
A daunting teacher gap if only for Universal
Primary Education (UPE) in 2015:
► 10.3 million new teachers projected to be
needed:
1.9 million in new posts + 8.4m as
replacements
Teacher gaps by country Teacher gaps by country (UIS 2009)(UIS 2009)
The Oslo The Oslo recommendationsrecommendations
« We urge national governments, with appropriate technical support to map out their short and medium-term needs for recruitment, deployment, training and retention of teachers.
We call upon development partners to support national efforts in this area, working with governments, regional bodies, civil society and teacher organisations, to identify and meet the needs specified, and provide predictable support to cover the associated costs ».
The Oslo mandateThe Oslo mandate
Creation of the Task Force – A voluntary global alliance of EFA
partners.
Nature - The Task Force is not a funding mechanism rather it
seeks to support and complement existing activities
Action Plan – proposed developments of activities and program
Principles - National ownership, South-South and North-South-
South cooperation
Focus particularly on those countries furthest away from
reaching the EFA goals and those with the largest teacher gaps.
Secretariat, supported by willing partners, to assist the Task
Force
Membership & GovernanceMembership & Governance
Expanding membership:
- 63 countries
- 24 organisations
Steering Committee:
North and South; Governments & Organisations
Co-chairs: Indonesia & European Commission
Task Force meetings in March 2009 & June 2009
Funding and secretariat
Committed funding: $4.5 million ($ 4.1 million received)
Staff secondments Donors: European Commission, France, Germany,
Indonesia, Norway Host & overall support: UNESCO A dedicated ‘Teachers for EFA’ secretariat
constituted as an autonomous entity within UNESCO, following the model of the EFA Global Monitoring Report (GMR) team, and located in Paris
Human resources: 6 staff
DevelopingDeveloping an Action Plan an Action Plan
Spelling out the Teacher challenge for EFA:- A policy gap- A capacity gap- A financing gap
Implementation timeframe 2009 – 2012 A 1-year workplan, calendar and budget
Advocacy activitiesAdvocacy activities
Some high level events attended: 4th Commonwealth Teacher Research Symposium (March
2009) EFA Fast Track Initiative (FTI) Partnership Meeting (April 2009) 17th Conf. of Commonwealth Education Ministers (June 2009) Bamako + 5 meeting on contractual teachers (October 2009)
High Level Group Meeting in Addis Ababa (February 2010)