Introduction

As part of its mandate and strategic focus, ADEA is leading policy dialogues about FL and promoting knowledge-sharing at the local, national, and regional levels on the continent within four focus areas. 

  1. Promoting national ownership of FL goals. 
  2. Transitioning from crisis discussions to concrete actions that improve FL outcomes. 
  3. Sharing lessons learned about teacher recruitment, deployment, and retention. 
  4. Discussing successful approaches to improve instructional quality and consistency (structured pedagogy, teacher proficiency and learning assessment). 

Forum Objectives and Expected Outcomes 

Against this background, ADEA and the Zambia Ministry of Education – in consultation with the African Union and with key partners supporting FL in Zambia, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), GEM Report, GPE, USAID, UNICEF, TaRL Africa and VVOB – will hold a high-level policy dialogue on FL from 31st October to 1st November 2023 at the Taj Pamodzi Hotel Lusaka. 

The forum has three main objectives: 

  1. Share best practices for adopting long-term national strategies for FL. 
  2. Discuss policy-level experiences aimed at improving teaching for FL. 
  3. Extract long- and short-term policy lessons about teacher recruitment, deployment, and retention. 

The expected outcomes are as follows: 

  1. Agreement about how to adopt strategies and consolidate activities for delivering quality FL in the future. 
  2. Clarity about effective approaches to strengthen in- and pre-service teacher education, support teacher well-being and improve the professional status of teachers. 
  3. Recognition of the immediate and long-term steps to recruit and retain an optimal supply of FL teachers.

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