Portfolio of Projects
Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX-19)
IICBA manages KIX-19, a hub to facilitate cross-country knowledge exchange and mobilization among anglophone countries in eastern, southern, and western Africa with six thematic areas: Teaching and Learning; Learning Systems; Early Childhood Care and Education; Gender Equality; Inclusion; and Data.
National Teacher Policies
IICBA provides guidance on teacher policy development, including teacher education curricula, continuous professional development, professional standards, competency profiles, motivation, competence-based education, inclusive education, quality assurance, and gender responsive pedagogy.
Capacity Building of Education Sector Personnel
This intervention focuses on three priority areas: a) evidence-based sector-wide policy and planning; b) skills for life and work; and c) improvement of teachers’ practice. Training is provided to Ministries of Education, local education groups, NGOs, and teachers’ associations, among others.
ICT, Open/Distance Learning, and STEM Education
Components of this program include using the TPACK model in teaching and learning; empowering teachers on eLearning content development and assessment; training teachers, TV and radio personnel in providing ODL; and developing digital skills and technology enhanced gender-responsive pedagogy.
Education for Peace and Violence Prevention
IICBA supports countries to mainstream peace education in teacher training and higher institutions. The approach promotes Transformative Pedagogy to equip teachers and learners with essential competencies for peace and emphasizes active engagement of youth and youth-led initiatives.
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy
This program promotes gender equality and equity in education systems across. An online course and toolkit are being developed based on implementation in 15 countries. The focus is on gender-responsive lessons/teaching materials, boosting learning outcomes, and promoting a safe learning environment.
Education for Health and Wellbeing
This program seeks to build resilience and strengthen psychosocial support for teachers and teacher educators. An evidence-based regional guide and strategy for psychosocial impacts on mental health and psychosocial support for teachers has been developed and piloted in several countries.
Professionalization of Teaching in the Asia-Pacific and Africa
This project provides technical guidance for developing and operationalizing national teacher competencies and teaching standards frameworks at the regional level and use the guidance as entry points and tools to inform and improve teacher policy and teacher training in both regions.
Using Formative and Summative Learning Assessments
IICBA is analyzing national assessments and building competencies of EMIS staff to carry out regular quality measurements and utilize item response theory and item design to create tests that are comparable over time, creating competency scales and promoting dissemination of assessment reports.
Early Childhood Education - Play and Resilience
The program complements existing efforts by government and non-government players in three countries to help underserved communities by building human resource capacity and resource materials. Training has been developed for teachers, caregivers, and other stakeholders.
Quality Assurance in Teacher Education
This program supports teacher training institutions to improve teacher education. Apart from guidance materials, situational analyses have been conducted at the country level and toolkits have been developed to enhance teacher education monitoring and accountability.
Genocide and Global Citizenship Education
This project has three main components; (i) the assessment of teachers’ and teacher trainers’ needs; (ii) the development of a teachers’ guide; and (iii) dissemination of the guide via regional and national workshops. The teachers’ guide has been piloted in a half dozen countries.
