Africa: Teachers for Africa! New initiative introduced by UNESCO

A high priority Initiative on Teacher Training in Africa was officially introduced at a high-level meeting of experts at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris on 19 October. “We are creating a movement together,” said UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education Peter Smith, “When it is successful, we can say that it started on this day in Paris.” Good teachers are essential to quality education. Each day, over 60 million teachers care for 1 billion children. Yet another 15-35 million more teachers are needed in order for illiteracy to be eradicated and for Education for All (EFA) by 2015 to become a reality.