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- Title
Teacher training colleges in the rural areas of Angola.
- Authors
Nsiangengo, Pedro; Diasala, André
- Abstract
The Aid for the Development of the People by the People (ADPP), a non-governmental organization (NGO), in collaboration with Angola’s Ministry of Education, has set up a network of secondary schools to train teachers to work in primary schools in the rural areas of Angola. These schools, called Training Colleges for the Teachers of the Future (CTFs), are involved in training a new type of teacher. This article discusses this educational practice, the main aim of which is to train primary teachers to work in the rural areas where too few trained teachers are willing to be posted. The authors describe the measures taken to better meet the needs of the rural areas in terms of teachers who have been properly trained and are motivated to work in such an environment, and then go on to analyse the reasons underlying the success of the CTF programme, specifically the fundamental differences from the state-run teacher training colleges, the way this new practice forms part of the overall reform of the education system and its role in the Education for All (EFA) initiative, and the fight against poverty.
- Subjects
ANGOLA; TEACHERS colleges; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations -- Social aspects; PRIMARY school teachers; RURAL education; SECONDARY education; EDUCATION for All (Project); TRAINING
- Publication
Prospects (00331538), 2008, Vol 38, Issue 2, p247
- ISSN
0033-1538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11125-008-9074-x