Sri Lanka: The Training of Teachers in Information Technology
This project aims at helping to upgrade knowledge and skills of teachers and non-formal education facilitators in genuinely integrating educational technologies in their work. More broadly, it also aims at tapping the potential of new ICTs for more easily accessible and better teachers' education and professional development, reducing the gap between and within countries in terms of qualified teachers trained in new learning environments. Based in UNESCO New Delhi, the project is working towards:
- Identifying the most appropriate use of ICTs in teacher/facilitator education and professional development;
- Strengthening national capacity for developing and implementing policies and programmes in the use of ICT for such education and professional development;
- Enhancing the ability of teachers/facilitators in using ICT as a tool, as a subject, and as an educational resource; and
- Developing a national online teacher training programme, in support to UNESCO Bangkok's regional online teacher resource centre, and an offline network of centres of excellence in teacher training in the effective use of ICTs in education.