The European Commission on Thursday launched an initiative to support the training of young teachers in Africa, which will boost education on the continent with 100 million euros by 2030.
The aim is to promote quality education and raise the level of teachers, thus responding to the needs of 15 million new teachers on the continent, in an initiative that seeks to empower the world’s youngest population.
With this initiative, endowed with an envelope of 100 million from the European budget and part of the Global Gateway international development project, the EU will contribute to regional and national objectives by supporting and complementing national education and educational reforms, providing opportunities for cross-country collaboration, partnerships and peer-to-peer learning in the region and with Europe.
«We want to support our partners to have a qualified and valuable teacher in every classroom who can empower children and young people to thrive and develop skills for a future professional life,» said Commissioner for International Cooperation, Jutta Urpilainen.
In this sense, the Finnish commissioner has insisted that investment in education has the greatest impact on the future. «We need more teachers and quality education,» she said.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
