Starting in 2011 our partnership was focused with the DAAD-funding from 2015 on “Enhancing the Quality of Teaching – International Teaching Teams” – and by this on the enhancement of teaching quality through mainly capacity-building in teaching – and from 2021 on “Quality in Teacher Training and Educational Research through International Partnerships” – adding to the idea of capacity building structural aspects as implementing a Master Program, IT and library services and fostering shared research. Results are

• academic development of staff (see completed PhDs),
• cooperations for joint study program and the development of study programs, especially the Master Programme n Educational Quality Management (MEQUAM) at PIASS,
•  institutional development: cooperations in building Centres for Didactics and Research in Education (CEDRE) at PIASS/PUR in Rwanda and at ULPGL in Goma,
• joint research: submission of two background papers for the Global Monitoring Report of Education of UNESCO, publications concerning the project Education Systems and COVID-19 Management in Central Africa EduCov (funded by the DFG from 2022 to 2023).

This project is funded by the DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service.

The partnership project is in exchange with other DAAD-funded programmes, most recently through active participation in the Project Leader Conference (1.8 MB)in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Planned Project: Professionalization of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Teacher Education 

This partnership project aims to develop and implement study modules on the topic of education for sustainable development, primarily in university teacher training courses, but also for university classes leading to be employed in non-governmental organisations and church ministries. In addition, "third mission" regarding the training of multipliers in schools, NGO’s and parishes will be covered. To achieve this, further training, curriculum development and joint teaching in the field of education for sustainable development are planned.

Outcome: 

PhDs

Completed PhD in the framework of the partnership: 

• 2024 Etienne Uwajyiwabo, PIASS/PUR: The protestant school profile and quality education: Perceptions of protestant secondary school leaders in Rw