100 Teachers from 26 schools in local marginalized communities in Turkana County have been selected to join an internationally accredited and certified teacher training program.

The training which will run until December is a collaboration between Intel Corporation, Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) and AsyTec, a local Original Equipment Manufacturer.

The selected teachers from Kalobeyei settlement and Kakuma Refugee Camp will undergo a six-month free professional training course through face-to-face and eLearning sessions.

“We are applying global best practice in this teacher training programme. Our aim is to shift the role of a teacher from the traditional or conventional approach of presenting information to students in the form of a classroom lecture, to a facilitator role,” said JWL representative Dennis Momanyi.

He added, “To achieve this shift, a teacher must go beyond acquiring technical skills to transforming their perception of teaching and learning altogether. It means the role of a teacher shifts to a facilitator’s role to motivate, instruct, coach, or lead the learning process.

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Momanyi said they will also train teachers to learn how to use instructional media and technologies to create richer and more meaningful and diverse learning experiences.

He added that each teacher being trained will enjoy access to a new, connected laptop courtesy of Intel Corporation and its local partner AsyTec will support the eLearning initiative.

The collaboration with Jesuit Worldwide Learning is part of the Intel Rise initiative which seeks to use technology to support communities in combating the effects of Covid-19.

Intel seeks to facilitate access to online learning and improve student learning experiences in marginalized communities.

Close to 258 million children and youth are out of school, according to a research done by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the programme seeks to bridge the gap in the community.