Three Years of Global Partnership to Address the Teacher Challenge - Three Years from the 2015 EFA Benchmark: Achievements and Perspectives

Abstract

The objectives of the November 2012 policy dialogue forum in Namibia are: i. To take stock of three years of global collaboration and existing efforts aiming to reduce the teacher gap and accelerate countries’ efforts towards the achievement of the EFA goals, and ii. To draw lessons from these experiences and set an agenda for the three years ahead leading to the 2015 benchmark: What aspects of teacher policy development need to be addressed as a priority? Which target groups to focus on? How to better deliver results together?// This panel is focused on teacher education and professional development. This, I would argue is the critical area that we need to address if we are to note developments with respect to the past three years and perhaps more critically, identify what we need to do in the next three years.