Teachers Portal - East Africa

This project works by using the internet to create a platform for exposure and exchange of information on the part of educational institutions. The portal offers links that provide information about institutions, programmes, new projects, and other relevant information.

Specifically, the portal purports to do the following:

1. create a virtual network for teachers' colleges in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda;
2. promote the use of the internet in teachers' colleges in the described sub-region;
3. share information on ICT projects and resulting active learning strategies in the institutions;
4. serve as a "meeting place" for discussions among the members;
5. serve as a platform for the offering of online and /or distance learning courses; and
6. create a space where educational institutions can market their programmes.

The LRC team is responsible for the coordination of the creation of the portal. A team of 7 lecturers was trained in web design and volunteers a number of hours per week to develop the websites for the teachers colleges and other links.

Technology, Education

The LRC was established by the Kenya Technical Teachers College (KTTC) funded by the Flemish Office for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance (VVOB), with additional support by UNESCO.

The website was developed to network all teacher training colleges in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda as part of establishing a site that would include all educational institutions in Eastern Africa.

September 2005 update: Organisers were not able to secure funds to continue this initiative. It was a spin-off of the LRC project in Nairobi (ICT integration in teacher education), but the amount of time and energy required to get information, especially from Uganda and Tanzania, was underestimated. It is not now clear in which direction this initiative will move; for now it is "a sleeping platform". However, the East Africa Teachers.net is still operational.