Education for Rural People and Food Security

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Education for Rural People and Food Security
Linking Zanzibar and Wales 2004 - 2006 A
development education project in collaboration
with FAO and UNESCO
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Rural Issues in Zanzibar
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Education Issues in Zanzibar

• 50 schools have access to electricity and water
• 10 schools have library or laboratory
• Post primary learning deficit
• More schools, less qualified teachers
• Poor English language ability
• Poor retention of teachers in rural areas
• Low quality, predominantly euro-centric resource
  provision

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The Strategy

• Practice
• Resource Development
• Teacher training at TCs
• Resource trials in schools
• Programme
• Partnership between ZYF and NTRC
• Linking with Wales through Cyfanfyd and Sazani
  Ass.
• Policy
• Liaison with Ministerial offices
• Linking as an incentive
• Academic Diaspora

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Practice

• Resource Development
• Local rural livelihoods as the focal point
• Contextualising the existing curriculum
• Teacher Training
• Methodologies
• Techniques
• Curriculum Links
• Resource Trials
• Resource provision for rural schools

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Programme

• Partnership between ZYF and NTRC
• Shared delivery of project outputs
• Focus on TC capacity
• Partnership with Cyfanfyd and Sazani Associates.
• Shared development of resource
• Technical support and advice

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Policy

• Ministerial meetings
• Regular liaison with Ministry of Education
  through NTRC
• Contact with the Food Security Department and
  FAO representative within the Ministry of
  Agriculture
• Linking as incentives
• British Council, global schools initiative
• UNESCO ASP network
• Academic Diaspora
• Liaison with ministerial officers studying in
  Europe

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Challenges/ Opportunities

• National educational policy to embrace ERP
• Integrate ERP within all educational initiatives
  such as technological development in the rural
  areas.
• Sustained teacher development support.