WYG

IMC is working with MER to design and implement activities directly related to creating greater access to education for disadvantaged communities through:

• Support of school inspectorates in developing strategies for improving access to education
• Developing and delivering training programmes for: inspectors to develop their capacity to support and monitor improvement of access to education; Teachers already teaching in schools from communities with a significant number of disadvantaged pupils; Members of communities to become teachers for primary education in an open education system within accredited teacher training colleges; Members of communities to become school mediators within Teacher Training Houses or other educational institutions
• Development of a school based curriculum for second chance vocational education
• Development of teaching materials for teaching pupils and students in pre-school, primary, after school and second chance education
• Development of training programmes for disadvantaged communities to facilitate participation in the development of educational provision
• Liaison with the National Centre for Vocational Education and Training on the development of second chance education facilities
• Community capacity building and consultation training to facilitate direct involvement of local community and local authorities in educational project implementation
• Development of open distance learning projects
• Procurement of Euros 1.2M educational equipment.

The programme is running in 10 counties selected through competition and is linked to a grant scheme run under a separate project, which will enhance and upgrade existing vocational educational facilities.