Based by T4 Training and HP, the Africa Training Medal is Africa’s most prestigious schooling accolade
Nigeria’s Simi Nwogugu, CEO of JA Africa and winner of the Africa Training Medal 2023, right this moment referred to as on changemakers throughout the continent to step ahead for the Africa Training Medal 2024 as nominations opened. This prestigious award, based by T4 Training and HP, stands as Africa’s foremost recognition within the subject of schooling.
The Africa Training Medal acknowledges the tireless work of those that are remodeling schooling throughout the continent – celebrating the tales of those that have lit the spark of change so others will likely be impressed to take up the torch. It’s given to an excellent particular person who has demonstrated impression, management, and advocacy within the subject of schooling.
The winner of this 12 months’s Africa Training Medal will likely be given a world platform to help their work and, in recognition of the pressing want to resolve the instructor recruitment and retention disaster to deal with studying gaps, will likely be entitled to appoint a college of their option to obtain membership of T4 Training’s new Greatest Faculty to Work programme – an unbiased, evidence-based mechanism to certify faculties for his or her tradition and assist them remodel their working setting to draw and retain the perfect academics.
In its third 12 months, the Africa Training Medal is the oldest of the three World Training Medals established by T4 Training and HP. This 12 months noticed the launch of the brand new Asia Training Medal and Latin America Training Medal.
Simi Nwogugu, CEO of JA Africa, stated:
“Successful the Africa Training Medal 2023 was an incredible honour that has drawn vital consideration to the essential work we do at JA Africa, equipping younger Africans throughout the continent for employment and monetary independence. The Africa Training Medal is a prestigious recognition, shining a highlight on schooling champions in Africa”.
“I’m conscious of the quite a few changemakers on our continent pushing boundaries to form a greater future for our youth. To fellow inspirational leaders, I encourage you to step ahead. Apply for the Africa Training Medal in 2024; let your tales encourage hundreds extra. Collectively, we will proceed to rework lives by schooling and pave the best way for a brighter African future”.
Mayank Dhingra, Senior Training Enterprise Chief, at HP stated:
“Regardless of the progress made in direction of the UN Sustainable Improvement Targets, vital studying gaps persist in Africa and COVID has tremendously exacerbated studying poverty. However there’s hope if leaders from throughout the continent come collectively, with everybody sharing their experience to assist construct a continent by which each little one receives a top quality schooling”.
“HP has a daring purpose to speed up digital fairness for 150 million folks globally by 2030. Solely by becoming a member of forces between NGOs, authorities, educators and companies can we actually enhance the schooling setting. The Africa Training Medal brings collectively the leaders who’re making an actual distinction to African schooling, whose tireless work deserves to be celebrated”.
Vikas Pota, Founder and CEO of T4 Training, stated:
“An excellent schooling isn’t solely the important thing to unlocking the potential of Africa’s subsequent era, it’s a proper. The Africa Training Medal honours all those that are working to make {that a} actuality”.
“Some of the essential issues we will do to enhance schooling in Nigeria and world wide is to resolve the instructor recruitment and retention disaster. That’s why the winner of the Africa Training Medal 2024 won’t solely be given a platform to advocate for his or her work, however the best to appoint a college to hitch our Greatest Faculty to Work programme, enabling faculties to construct a tradition by which schooling prospers as a result of academics thrive”.
The Africa Training Medal is open to people working to enhance early childhood, Okay-12, vocational and college schooling who’re one of many following:
- Educators or college leaders
- Civil society leaders
- Public servants and authorities officers
- Political leaders
- Entrepreneurs, enterprise leaders and technologists
Nominees should show their contribution in any of the next key areas in schooling:
- Considerably enhancing studying outcomes
- Selling women’ schooling
- Selling fairness and broadening entry to schooling
- Advancing pedagogical or technological innovation
- Constructing and strengthening educator capability
- Catalysing civic participation in schooling
- Championing the rights of schooling stakeholders
The High 10 finalists for the Africa Training Medal will likely be introduced in August and the winner will likely be introduced in September. Nominees will likely be assessed by a Jury comprising outstanding people primarily based on rigorous standards.
Nominations together with self-nominations will be made on-line at: africaeducationmedal.org.
Nominations shut on April 30, 2024.
