EQUIP ORGANIZES REFRESHER TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS

By: Abdul-Mumin Ahmed, Communications and Advocacy Officer, School for Life

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The education Quality Initiative Project (EQUIP) is co-funded by Comic Relief and Tzedek. In collaboration with Tzedek, School for Life currently implements the project in four deprived districts (Saboba, Cgereponi, Savelugu/Nanton and Kumbungu) in the Northern Region of Ghana. The main aim of the project is to contribute significantly to improving quality basic education in Ghana through collaboration with key stakeholders in the Ghana Education Service. Importantly, the project aims at equipping teachers in very deprived schools with the requisite knowledge and skills to enable them support pupils to achieve the required learning outcomes.

To achieve the set goals and objectives, School for Life organized an initial training workshop in 2013 for Head Teachers of beneficiary schools and selected Circuit Supervisors of the implementing districts.

Following the initial training, evidence from monitoring visits to EQUIP beneficiary schools revealed that the initiative  is indeed significantly improving quality of teaching and learning in schools. To consolidate the knowledge gained by teachers in the initial training, there was the need for a refresher training. Thus, a three day refresher training session was organized for Head Teachers of beneficiary Schools and selected Circuit Supervisors of the four implementing districts. The refresher workshop which took place between 9th and 11th of March, 2014 was purposely conducted to reorient and train participants on very pertinent issues that guide and support the implementation of the Project. The workshop, provided the opportunity for participants to share their experiences regarding the implementation of the project. Other crucial issues such as supervision in EQUIP, roles and responsibilities of SMCs, PTAs, teachers as well as Head Teachers of EQUIP beneficiary schools and gender issues in school management were discussed elaborately. 

The workshop deepened the knowledge and skills of Teachers and Circuit Supervisors on especially the use of Activity Based Learning Approaches and introduction to EQUIP sample teaching and learning materials.