UNESCO-IICBA conducted a workshop from September 29 to 30, 2011, to validate the drafted ICT-enhanced teacher standards for Africa (ICTeTSA). Experts from Cote d’Ivoir, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Tanzania, Ghana, and Mozambique were invited in this two days workshop held in Addis Ababa.
It is to be noted that UNESCO-IICBA conducted three workshops on the Development of ICTeTSA for the following regional economic communities (RECs): ECOWAS in July 2009 in Ouagadougou, SADC in December 2009 in Harare, and EAC/ECCAS/IGAD in October 2010 in Brazzaville. The participants from the different countries within a REC have developed the regional standards and IICBA synthesized a draft ICTeTSA for the experts from the seven countries mentioned above to validate it.
The ICT in education experts reviewed the different aspects of the draft standard and also discussed on the way forward. The final ICTeTSA will soon be published by IICBA.