New curriculum revolutionizes teaching and learning
Region: West Africa
The award-winning Education de Base (EDB) project is improving the quality of education in Senegal by implementing a new, national middle-school curriculum that promotes critical thinking and equips students with the skills they need to succeed in today’s global economy. The project, which embodies Senegal’s reform efforts, has become a model for teaching and learning in each of the country’s 1,200 middle schools. EDB harnesses the power of technology by equipping nearly 300 middle schools with computers, connecting them to the Internet and training teachers and students to use these tools in the classroom. Each of these schools has a website, which is managed by students and teachers and provides a powerful way to communicate with their communities. To date, more than 33,000 students, 3,000 teachers and 300 principals are integrating information and communication technology into teaching, learning and school governance.
Funder: United States Agency for International Development
