Teacher Training in Zambia

Our aim is to provide much needed digital support and skills to teachers working in rural settings or particularly deprived areas in Zambia. Many schools in these areas are poorly funded and under resourced which ultimately affects the education of the students. Our goal by the end of the year is to have trained over 200 teachers. Since January we have trained 60 teachers across the country, each benefiting from our five day digital training course.

The first training was delivered to teachers in the Bauleni compound on the outskirts of Lusaka. We then travelled to Kapiri Mposhi to our IT lab at the Baraka Learning Centre to deliver training to the community teachers. Teachers from 11 schools in the area attended the training. 

Next stop and this time to Eastern Province and the small town of Chadiza for more training. This time we were asked by the school to stay a second week as there was so much demand from teachers.​

The feedback has been really positive as teachers are learning not only syllabus related subjects but also the importance of security procedures and preventative maintenance for computers. 

Feedback from teachers after completing the course:
100% of teachers believed the course has contributed towards
​ their learning
The average level of skill before the course was satisfactory and after completing the course was very good

“The training was a huge success and the impact was massively positive to the teachers. Though it was the first time, it ran better than expected and all the teachers appreciated it very much. More of these trainings would really change schools in terms of ICT levels.” 
Baraka Community Partnerships

“Humbly appreciating your efforts to capacity build teachers in ICT at Chadiza School. Thanks, we have learnt a lot.” 
​Zacharia Lungu, Science teacher at Chadiza Secondary School