Continuous teacher professional development: Value and expectations
By Desmond Allotey-Pappoe
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Continuous professional development of teachers plays an integral role in improving learning outcomes in schools. Teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD) has become a major focus within the school reform and school improvement literature because of the belief that student learning and success are due, in large part, to the effectiveness of teachers (OECD, 2009).
In 2005, MOE/GES with support from JICA set the pace to operationalize CPD at the basic education level with series of engagements leading to a nationwide INSET programme from 2009 through 2012 before the policy was eventually enacted.