Objectives

• To improve teachers’ professional skills and competencies through training that promotes effective and  high quality teaching-learning activities.
• To promote continuous professional development (CPD) among teachers, particularly those working in the non-government education sector.
• To strengthen teachers’ capacity to develop and use teaching and learning materials, including resources for foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN).
• To facilitate access to formal and non-formal education for disadvantaged children and adults with limited or no literacy skills.
• To support children with learning difficulties through additional learning opportunities and targeted activities to strengthen their FLN skills.
• To strengthen the capacity of teachers and education providers to collaborate with parents, communities and other education stakeholders.
• To conduct research and effectiveness studies, subject to the approval of the relevant authorities, to assess teachers’ performance, learners’ progress and programme outcomes.
• To provide additional learning support to underserved communities and promote reading habits among children and adults.
• To provide need-based humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people during crises and disasters.
• To conduct awareness-raising and motivational programmes that support education, disasters- or crises-resilient actions, social development and community well-being.

 Activities

• Provide short-term, need-based training for teachers of non-government primary schools, kindergartens and madrasahs on teaching methods and techniques, FLN skills development, classroom management, curriculum implementation, assessment strategies, climate-resilient education, education in emergencies, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning, and other relevant areas. Such training will aim to improve teaching practice and help teachers maintain continuity of learning during emergencies and crises.
• Promote teachers’ continuous professional development through post-training peer learning, professional experience-sharing, exchange visits to observe classroom activities, and other appropriate professional learning activities.
• Provide regular learning support to children from disadvantaged communities in classroom tasks, homework, reading comprehension and learning practice. Organize learning catch-up programmes for children who need additional support to strengthen their foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) skills.
• Build teachers’ and relevant personnel’s capacity to prepare and use teaching and learning materials and other resources that support children’s acquisition of FLN skills.
• Strengthen teachers’ capacity to collaborate with parents, communities, education-minded individuals, educators, educational institutions and relevant organisations, and to develop partnerships that contribute to quality education.
• Subject to approval from the appropriate authorities, conduct research and effectiveness studies on programmes related to primary education; assess their effectiveness; and provide recommendations for future planning based on the needs of relevant stakeholders.
• Undertake public-welfare and charitable activities to support poor and vulnerable people.
• Establish or support formal and non-formal educational institutions or centres, subject to the required approvals, and undertake educational, technological and vocational learning activities focused on FLN, livelihood-related life skills, arts and science education, climate- and crisis-resilient education, and values and morality.
• Distribute educational materials to disadvantaged and poverty-stricken children and communities.
• Arrange academic, hands-on, and motivational training programmes to improve the practical and professional skills of adults with limited or no literacy skills, using appropriate learning methods.
• Raise public awareness on lifelong learning, maintaining peace and discipline, respect to laws and orders, cleanliness of environment, and community-development initiatives, particularly those benefiting disadvantaged communities.
• Establish community-based libraries and reading rooms/corners to encourage reading habits.
• Mobilize public and private support to assist vulnerable children and adults affected by natural disasters and other unforeseen crises.