IAU Members and Global Action Week

The IAU is pleased to share activities carried out by IAU Members, Women’s University in Africa and the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, to improve children’s learning through quality teacher education in response to IAU's call for support in the 2013 Global Action Week campaign, Every child needs a teacher.
At the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, the Centre of Excellence for Learning Diversity responds to varied needs of stakeholders while their university-community initiative, Academic Excellence Programme For Schoolers, aims to improve a community’s well-being through education and better trained student-teachers. Read more here.
The Women’s University in Africa focuses on ongoing teacher education through a comprehensive teacher education programme.
IAU decided to become involved in the 2013 Global Action Week due to this year's theme. IAU solicited support through its membership to raise awareness of the direct link between higher education and EFA.The Global Campaign for Education – a civil society movement whose aim is to help reach Education for All (EFA) - launches every year a Global Action Week to mobilize local and global support for EFA. This year’s theme of the Global Action Week is Every Child Needs a Teacher. It takes place from 21 to 27 April 2013.
Since teacher education is often taking place at the higher education level, IAU is taking action through the support of Education Department/Faculties and asks them to:

• Tell IAU about their activities. Show the community and the world what your institution is doing to improve child learning through quality teacher education. Send information on related activities to Ms. Nadja Kymlicka before 27 April 2013, it will be disseminated widely the week after.
• Run a campaign. Download the campaigning tools and put up free campaign posters at your faculty (available in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish). http://everychildneedsateacher.org/
• Get visible globally. Post information directly on the HEEFA Portal now!