Policies and Practices in Open, Distance and Technology-Enabled Learning in Teacher Training in Ghana
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This report is a review of the policies, frameworks, and resources for open and distance learning (ODL) in teacher development in Ghana. It is intended to inform national capacity building and policy development in open, distance and technology-enabled learning (TEL) in pre-service teacher training and in-service professional development. The study examined decision-making processes in teacher training and summarised key findings. The report identifies several issues, including inadequate policies and resources for ODL and TEL, lack of a blended learning policy in Colleges of Education and absence of a teacher qualification framework to support regional mobility, among others. Recommendations include formulation of ODL and TEL policies, providing necessary resources, creating a qualification framework with regional collaboration, increasing access to pre-service programs to meet teacher demand, and establishing an interactive teacher database for resource and data sharing.