During this period of COVID-19, UNESCO is at the heart of an initiative for distance education. It is part of the National Project to Strengthen the Educational System at TCHAD 2020 -2023 and is implemented by the national network of Avicenna content production centers and training centers. It aims to contribute to the challenge of improving the quality of education by strengthening teacher training.
On May 13, 2020, UNESCO launched the portal for online courses open to teachers from the Chadian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The main objective of this four-day training is to build the capacity of the teaching team, on the pedagogical engineering of online courses. Of the 20 hours of lessons, 14 hours are devoted to lectures, the remaining 6 to practical work. It combines the main elements of taking charge of the theoretical and practical aspects of producing online courses, in accordance with UNESCO's Avicenna pedagogical model of the production of educational capsules (sequences), with tutoring by integrating the monitoring of learners on a Learning Management System (LMS) learning platform.
"It is an ineffable privilege to recognize that faced with the Covid-19 pandemic and the restrictive measures which ensue from it, including the temporary closure of schools and universities and with a view to ensuring the continuity of teaching, the pedagogy of digital is positioned as a response to perpetuate with the good practices of Unesco "declared Mr. Khaled Salah, Director of the UNESCO Regional Multisectoral Office for Central Africa.
At the end of this producer training, the participating teacher-researchers must master the concepts and terminology of the UNESCO Avicenna pedagogical model, the various documents necessary for the implementation of this learning mode and the concepts of quality assurance systems for producing online courses. In a perfect spirit of humility, sharing and conviviality, participants from several universities in the provinces attended the launch of this training which was led by Professor Mohammed Tahar MILOUDI, Coordinator of the Avicenna Virtual Campus network of UNESCO .
By officially launching virtual training for research teachers in Chad, the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation Dr. David Houdeingar Ngarimaden congratulates UNESCO's proposal to support Chad in the establishment of a national e-learning teaching system as solutions adapted to pedagogical continuity.
"This training, which aims to promote quality education in this new context, through the use of technological means, is an exceptional opportunity that forges change," said Dr. David Houdeingar Ngarimaden.
The national network of Avicenna content production centers and training centers promotes capacity building to improve the quality of education using ICT at different levels of science, technology and innovation . The project aims to set up adequate local infrastructure and disseminate best practices and professional know-how within universities and targeted teacher training institutions, while meeting regional demand for online learning and training. distance learning.