Training Effective Afghan Teachers

AIL is in the middle of a 5 year program providing teacher training for the government. So far this year, 148 people have had teacher methodology training in seminars in Herat and 429 in Kabul, this includes 287 women. Another 19 teachers have attended workshops and 188 mini workshops. Seminars are 10 days long, workshops a few days and minis are a few hours long.

Here is a story: “I am Morsal, a teacher at a high school in Panjshir Province. I enjoyed the Methodology Seminar which was held by AIL at the Teacher Training Institute. I learned a lot about new teaching methods and how to understand students so I can help them.  I learned about setting teaching objectives, making lesson plans, kinds of teaching methods and materials.  I hope by using from this information in my classroom to be able to bring about great changes in my students’ lives. “ 

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The Kabul office has been very busy. In May, they organized two Methodology Seminars for 80 teachers and two Reproductive Health Workshops for 79 women. All workshops were held in Panjshir Province.

The teacher training seminars were 10 days long. The teachers were mostly new hires who had never attended a teacher training event and were from secondary and high schools. Topics included: lesson plans, teaching methods, exams, grading, psychology, practicalities. The teachers used modern methods in the seminar such as group work, question and answer, games, role playing and research tasks. The teachers started out not even knowing how to make a lesson plan or set teaching objectives.

“I am Noorullah, teacher in a primary school. I graduated from the Teacher Training Institute and have taught Dari for two years.  I always wanted to be a teacher, but standing in front of the class for the first time I realized it is a hard job. I had many discipline problems in my classes. The classes were noisy and my colleagues insulted me. I started to hate the job and thought of leaving. The school principal suggested the seminar run by AIL. I learned a lot such as, how to keep control, relationships with the students and modern methods. Now I don’t need to leave the job and I can be a successful teacher.”

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News

Recently, the Professor Sakena Yacoobi High School, Herat won an International School Award from the British Council. The awards go to schools that demonstrate a commitment to developing global citizens by embedding internationalism throughout the ethos and curriculum of the school. The Director of the British Council, Afghanistan said: “This globally recognized accreditation helps enrich learning & improve teaching by guiding international learning activities, from introducing international education into the curriculum to embedding it within school culture.”