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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
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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)