Training Effective Afghan Teachers

Dear Friends,

Providing quality teaching is at the core of AIL’s education philosophy. You cannot have  good education systems preparing students for today’s world, without highly trained teachers who foster critical thinking skills in their students and use modern teaching methods.

In the first six months of 2016, AIL trained 398 teachers (234 female).  Teachers who attend AIL seminars learn about how to teach, how to structure time and deal with discipline. They also learn about psychology and how to encourage student participation and self- confidence. Students are taught to think for themselves, use logic and reasoning to analyze problems and express their opinions. Here is a story from one teacher:

Afsana is one of the teachers who participated at this seminar. She said, "I am 23 years old, and it is my second year of teaching. I remember that last year when I was teaching, as much I tried to finish the teaching book by the end of year to my students, I could not do it. Finally the education year finished, I couldn't teach my students many of the issues that were very important because of a lack of time. I was sad about the problem and didn't know what to do. Fortunately this problem was solved at this seminar. All the seminar subjects were learnable for me, and I learned the skill of making lesson plans. This helps us know how much to teach each day and using that scale determine all the issues we want to cover in a year. I have learned now that I should make an annual plan at the beginning of the year to cover all topics and teach each day according to that plan."     

Thank you for helping a teacher in Afghanistan!