Strengthening Education Capacity
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The AED Global Education Center strengthens the capacities of all education stakeholders in four key areas:
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Promoting school improvement |
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Strengthening capacities of the whole school team: director, teachers, students, and parents along with local administrators |
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Promoting teacher development – integrating pre-service and in-service elements and focusing on site-based programs of teacher professionalization |
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Emphasizing student-centered learning and assessment |
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Involving communities in schools |
Strengthening the capacities of education systems |
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Developing instructional materials |
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Introducing education technology and distance learning |
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Undertaking monitoring and evaluation |
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Providing accurate and timely information for decision- and policy-making |
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Supporting decentralized management |
Broadening educational options |
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Promoting and safeguarding educational opportunities for girls and women |
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Introducing critical topics to the curriculum: HIV/AIDS, democratization, and environmental awareness |
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Developing alternative education programs for out-of-school youth, including youth gangs |
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Supporting secondary school expansion and school-to-work programs |
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Providing education in crisis and emergency situations |
Building partnerships with |
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National- and local-level policy makers in education, finance, and planning |
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Professional educators, school directors, teachers |
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Local organizations, community members, parents and students |
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Private sector businesses and foundations |