Being a teacher is one of the best jobs in the world.
Every time I enter the classroom, like this morning in Pretoria, I feel the same passion.
You can change the world in that room, with those learners.
Today we are launching 🇪🇺 Regional Teachers’ Initiative for Africa.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/JuttaUrpilainen/status/1618587289684443139
Sub-Saharan Africa has a young, vibrant population. But it also has a high rate of education exclusion and shortage of qualified 🧑🏾🏫👩🏾🏫.
To turn things around, 🇪🇺 will #InvestInEducation €100M to the Initiative. #TeamEurope 🇧🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪, @_AfricanUnion & @UNESCO are onboard as well.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/JuttaUrpilainen/status/1618587298479890433
The Initiative supports partners’ objectives: more teachers, better teaching. It focuses on:
🎓 improving the attractiveness of the profession by enhancing its status & working conditions
👩🏾🏫 boosting the training, encouraging innovation & peer-learning
🧐 education research
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/JuttaUrpilainen/status/1618587306012864513
The Initiative will build on and complement national efforts #TransformingEducation.
It’s a key component of the #GlobalGateway Investment Package for Africa, which was agreed at #AUEUSummit in February.
My full speech at the launch: https://bit.ly/3Jh0FdR
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/JuttaUrpilainen/status/1618587314586030080