The African Union Commission together with its partners has organized the ‘Innovating Education in Africa Virtual Expo 2021’ which is to showcase technical innovations in education. The Expo showcased 50 innovations with the aim to establish a platform for experience sharing on relevant innovations that address education challenges in Africa…
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A teacher at the Aburi Girls’ Senior High School in the Eastern Region, Mrs Theodosia Larteley Oppong, made Ghana proud when she became one of the awardees at the second edition of the AU continental Teacher Award Prize.
The AU Continental Teacher Award was opened to all African States.
They were tasked to submit applications of two outstanding teachers at the secondary level; male and female.
The teachers were further shortlisted to 10 teachers with the top six being selected and awarded certificates and $10,000 each.
Commitment
The teachers were awarded for their commitment to quality teaching, encouraging desirable behaviours among students, engaging in activities and networks that enhanced the social and cultural value of learning and helping students achieve their long-term career goals by organising engagement with relevant agencies.
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Dr Mahama Ouedraogo (left) interacting with Mr Kingsley Ahenkora-Duodu (right) and Mr Joshua Kalognia (middle), member of the AFSGW.
A Technical Economic Advisor to the Vice President, Dr Samuel Frimpong, has stated that the government will deliberately accelerate efforts at making science and technology a major tool in development going into the next four years.
He said there was a direct relationship among science, technology and development and the current government would not deviate from that relationship as it worked to advance national development.
Speaking to the media at the United Nations 4th African Space Generation Workshop (AFSGW) on February 25 in Accra, Dr Frimpong, noted that science and technology had the capacity to accelerate Ghana’s transition from a lower middle-income nation to an upper middle-income country within the shortest possible time.
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December 29, 2020
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 21-22 December 2020: Three (3) outstanding education innovations were awarded grants of USD 60,000, 40,000 and 20,000 at the Innovating Education in Africa Pitch Event 2020. The grants will be used to undertake pilot projects in collaboration with African Union Member States. The innovations included: BAG - Building A Generation - A gamified platform that offers real-time access to experience-based learning for University students; Learnable - Teaching assistant that allows teachers to compose and distribute lessons via a dedicated mobile app and WhatsApp; Chalkboard Education - A remote teaching and learning toolkit aimed to help teachers and parents during the COVID-19 crisis.