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Teacher Education in Health Education and Promotion The Segalese Perspective. Fatou Diagne Lecturer in University Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar - Sénégal) PhD in Education. Health education in the senegalese school system. “Health education” is not a subject
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Teacher Education in Health Education and Promotion • The Segalese Perspective Fatou Diagne Lecturer in University Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar - Sénégal) PhD in Education
Health education in the senegalese school system • “Health education” is not a subject • Students do not have to complete credits in health education in order to graduate. • It is included in different subjects : citizenship, biology, home economics, physical education … in elementary, middle and secondary schools
Teacher training in Senegal : structure • In Senegal, primary school teachers are trained for 2 years in TT colleges (écoles normales) • Middle and secondary school teachers are trained at the university (FASTEF, ENSETP) for 4 or 6 years
Teacher training in health education and health promotion : challenges • Improving national guidelines • Affirming and reinforcing the work done in teacher training in HE in ENSETP and FASTEF • Supporting the ENSETP and FASTEF in the provision of ITT and ISTT • Organising trainers’ training • Stimulating partnership work at regional level • Developing HE training tools