Strengthening_Math_Results_and_Teaching_SMART

The VVOB 2017-2021 programme in Cambodia will upgrade the capacity of teacher trainers and practice school supervisors at 4 Teacher Education Colleges (TECs) in the provinces of Phnom Penh, Battambang, Kandal and Kampong Cham. Teacher trainers and practice school supervisors will be supported in different ways to upgrade their content knowledge of and pedagogical skills in mathematics, and to manage their classroom to deliver differentiated instruction taking into account learning difficulties and learning disabilities of pupils. All of VVOB’s capacity development activities will be gender-sensitive. A total of 120 teacher trainers and 540 practice school supervisors will be directly supported by VVOB’s programme. By the end of the programme and each subsequent year, 1,000 student teachers of TECs will benefit from the programme, 6,200 pupils in practice schools will benefit from the upgraded teaching skills of their practice school supervisors, and last but not least, 45,000 pupils will benefit from the upgraded capacities of the student teachers who become teachers in primary schools throughout the country. Finally, the programme will deliver support to upgrade the skills of TEC managers and school leaders of practice schools to evaluate performance and support teacher trainers and teachers, and to manage their colleges and schools in a gender-sensitive and environment-friendly way.