In January 2023, the University of Omar Bongo (UOB) introduced ability-making trainings for professors and researchers on the competency-primarily based pedagogy at the college amount. Supported by the China Funds-in-Trust (CFIT) Stage III: Greater complex training in Africa for a technological and impressive workforce, the workshop aimed to tackle the ability demands for countrywide expansion by maximizing lab our sector-oriented and competency-dependent education.
UOB, as one particular of the 12 CFIT III partner universities, conducted a collection of routines subsequent the formal launch of the undertaking on 4 November 2022, which include a lab our sector analyze in the subject spots of education, tradition, art, tourism, and hospitality. In January 2023, the college job workforce achieved with authorities and undertaking specialists from UNESCO Libreville office and headquarters to existing progress on the pedagogy reform and to prepare for actions in 2023. Competency-dependent curriculum evaluate will be a concentrate space of enhancement following the trainings.
The very first workshop, from 16 – 20 January, targeted on building lesson ideas, pinpointing situational complications and skills to be created, and improving upon teaching methods making use of the competency-centered tactic. “We had a fruitful discussion on the principal factors of competency-centered training and studying to improve educating quality. This is an chance to share experience and study from every single other,” reported Rita Thiessen, trainer of the workshop.
The competency-primarily based solution presents important aid for the professionalization of teaching programmes at UOB, a university specializing in humanities, arts, and social sciences. “This pedagogy is specifically related for UOB’ s curriculum critique. It areas the college student at the heart of the learning approach though responding to evolving labour market calls for,” observed Prof. Frédéric Mambenga-Ylagou, Secretary Basic for increased education and investigate at the Ministry of higher education and learning and scientific research of Gabon, also countrywide focal level of the CFIT III project.
“You received, all through 5 times, the essential components of the competency-centered solution. Professors are encouraged to experiment subsequently with the strategies in teaching functions,” stated Prof. Mesmin-Noël Soumaho, Rector of the College. Prof. Soumaho also appreciated the complex help of CFIT III in scaling up capacity-setting up, and in enhancing the excellent and relevance of the curriculum at UOB. “As the most time-honored university in Gabon, we are trying to get to include expert teaching into the curriculum for our changeover to respond to countrywide development requires,” he extra.
The CFIT III project is effective in collaboration with better training institutions in Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda to build competency-based curriculum guided by labour market place assessment to equip youth with the appropriate abilities for employment and professional advancement.
