Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen launched a Regional Teachers' Initiative in Africa and for Africa.
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That is a €100 million investment from the EU budget in empowering the world's fastest growing youth population through quality education.
This flagship initiative under the EU–Africa Global Gateway Investment Package aims to accelerate the training of teachers for Sub-Saharan Africa, responding to the need for 15 million new qualified teachers for Africa by 2030.
The initiative will contribute to regional and national objectives by supporting and complementing national education and teacher reforms, offer opportunities for cross-country collaboration, partnerships, and peer learning in the region and with Europe.
The initiative aims to increase the number of qualified teachers by making teaching both an attractive job prospect for promising young professionals and a life-long learning experience.
It puts an emphasis on teachers in basic education acquiring and transmitting digital and green skills – skills that will enable students in tomorrow's world to plug into the opportunities of the digital transformation, and engage them in the preservation of our planet.
The initiative will also cover teaching in crisis contexts.
The Regional Teachers' Initiative is open to all countries in Sub-Saharan Africa through continental, sub-regional and multi-country actions, and North African countries are able to participate in some activities.
Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to need 15 million new qualified teachers by 2030. One in three teachers in the region's current workforce lack the minimum required qualifications and training. ■
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