Education strategy 2010
3.1 Three interconnected issues in education
DFID views its three priority areas as complementary and interconnected. Facilitating learning is central to DFID’s mission. This requires particular attention to the issues of teachers and students as well as research and reform of the broader educational system.
Figure 3, below, illustrates our three priorities in education.
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Figure 3: Three interconnected priorities of the education strategy. Click to enlarge.
“The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers.” McKinsey report 2007
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Glad to see quality finally taking the stage.. Isn’t it the key?
Without it, is attending school necessarily much/any more developmental for an individual than working in some informal /casual capacity outside it, in terms of what it is possible to learn?
Without it, what kinds of roles will school leavers be able to play in the labour market?
Aren’t we too obsessed with getting numbers into classrooms?
Don’t we need to start considering what we mean by quality and how we can support it?
What about those training the teachers? In 20 years in the UK, a teacher trainer may come into contact with 20,000 trainee teachers and many more teachers.
What do you see as the role of teacher trainers?