Building Primary Teachers’ Capacity for Tanzania’s 2023 Curriculum Reform: A Rapid Scoping Review of Teacher Preparedness, Continuous Professional Development, and Implementation Realities

Challenges Faced by Teachers in Implementing Inclusive Education: Implications for Policy and Practice

Inclusive Education remains central to Zimbabwe’s education policy framework, as articulated in the Education Act [Chapter 25:04], the National Disability Policy, and national commitments to Sustainable Development Goal 4. Despite these provisions, implementation in rural primary schools remains uneven and poorly docum...

The 2024 Revised Teacher Education Programme in Tanzania: Prospects and Challenges of Sustained, School-Based, Single-Subject Teaching Practice

Tanzania’s 2024 revision of university teacher education creates an opportunity to connect campus-based study more closely with the daily work of teaching. This conceptual policy paper analyses the revised programme’s provisions for micro-teaching and teaching-practice cycles in nearby schools. It draws on document ana...

Functional Pedagogy for Effective Learning of Skills in Primary Education

This paper examines functional pedagogy as a pathway to improving skills acquisition in Nigerian primary schools. Functional pedagogy is an approach that links classroom learning to real-life applications and community needs and aligns closely with Nigeria’s National Policy on Education and goals for a more relevant...

Continuous Professional Development of School Teachers under NEP 2020:  From Policy to Practice

The quality of school education depends not entirely on the existing competencies and motivations but on the continuous growth of the teachers. The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) places teachers at the centre of educational reform and underscores the need for structured and continuous professional developmen...

Voices from the classroom: perceptions and obstacles in Indonesian curriculum reform

Curriculum Reform and Skills Development: Evaluating the Philosophical and Practical Impact of the 2025 New Senior Secondary School Curriculum in Nigeria

The 2025 Nigerian Senior Secondary School curriculum represents a strategic effort to align education with national development goals, skills acquisition, and 21st-century competencies. This study evaluates the philosophical and practical impact of the curriculum reform, examining its alignment with established educati...