University of Massachusetts Amherst/Afghanistan Education University
Partnership in Rapid Teacher Training for Accelerated Learning
State:
Massachusetts
Country:
Afghanistan
Award Date:
2003
Award Amount:
$124,993.00
Cost Share:
$31,113.00
Other Funds:
$5,000.00
Other Partners:
The goal of this partnership is to build local institutional capacity for rapid teacher training in basic education. In response to the urgent educational needs in Afghanistan, the partners are increasing the Afghanistan Education University’s (AEU) capability to train accelerated learning facilitators at the community level, develop culturally appropriate training materials, and promote dialogue on the role of rapid teacher training in AEU’s academic program. To support project activities, the partners are establishing a Center for Active and Accelerated Learning at AEU, which will house project materials, provide logistical support for workshops and other linkage activities, and provide translation services. Originally, the partners had planned to train only 10 “master trainers,” but due to overwhelming demand—and despite enormous infrastructure and security challenges—they have trained 38 to date, who, in turn, have conducted workshops for 371 participants in six provinces.