Progress on Strengthening Teacher Education in Pakistan STEP

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Progress on Strengthening Teacher Education in
Pakistan (STEP)

• 7th November, 2008
• Steering Committee Meeting, MoE

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OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT

• Period October 12, 2005 - December 31, 2008
• Main objective is to enhance the Governments
  capacity to assure quality teacher education by
  improving policy framework, coordination and
  standard-setting.

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Main Components

• Standard Setting of Teacher Education
• Framework of Accreditation of Teacher Education
• Better Coordination and Network
• Enhancement of Teacher Status

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Main Implementers

• Federal
• MOE, Policy and Planning Wing
• ACTE (Accreditation Council for Teacher
  Education), Higher Education Commission
• Punjab
• DSD (Directorate of Staff Development )
• UoE (University of Education, Lahore)
• Sindh
• BOC (Bureau of Curriculum)
• PITE (Provincial Institute for Teacher Education)
• NWFP
• DCTE (Directorate of Curriculum and Teacher
  Education)
• PITE (Provincial Institute for Teacher Education)
• Balochistan
• BOC (Bureau of Curriculum)
• PITE (Provincial Institute for Teacher Education)

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8 ACTIVITIES

• Strategic Framework for Teacher Education
• Better Coordination
• Development of Standards of Teacher Education
• Framework for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• Networking for Teachers Professional development
• Good practices of Teacher Education
• Enhancing Status of Teachers
• Supporting Strategic Sites for Teacher Development

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1. Strategic framework for teacher education

• Situation analysis of teacher education (Dec 06)
• Strategic framework for teacher education and
  professional development (Dec 06)
• Strategic framework for improving teacher
  education and professional standards in Pakistan
  (Jan 08)
• Good Practices and International Trends of
  Accreditation (Feb 08)

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2. Better Coordination

• Creation / Strengthening of Coordination
  Mechanism of Teacher Education Institutions
  (On-going)
• Development of Teacher Education Institution
  Directory(On-going)

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3. Development of Standards of Teacher Education

• Development of Teacher Standards (finalized)
• Provincial consultations
• Quetta (10-11 Mar 08)
• Karachi (13-14 Mar 08)
• Peshawar (23-24 April 08)
• Lahore (29-30 April 08)
• Development of Teacher Education Standards (under
  development)

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4. Framework for Accreditation of Teacher
Education

• Development of Guideline for Accreditation of
  Teacher Education Programmes and Institutions
  (Under development)
• Roundtable on Teacher Accreditation (June 07)
• National Seminar on Standards and Accreditation
  of Teacher Education (Aug 08)

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5. Networking for Teachers Professional
development

• Various network for teachers professional
  development devised / activated. (On-going)

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6. Good practices of Teacher Education

• Documentation of Activities of Teacher Education
  in past and present (under Development)

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7. Enhancing Status of Teachers

• Development of Strategies to Enhance Status of
  Teachers (On going)
• Advocacy and Sensitization events and media
  campaign (On going)

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8. Supporting Strategic Sites for Teacher
Development

• Capacity Development Support for Key Teacher
  Education Institutions (On going)
• Creation / Strengthening of Resource Centres for
  Teachers Professional Development (On going)