British Council – Building Learning Foundations

Funded by the FCDO (formerly DfID), and with support from UK Aid, VSO, the Education Trust and the Rwandan Education Board, BLF aims to improve learning outcomes in English and Mathematics for primary children in all of Rwanda’s public schools. To support the English for Teachers (EfT) initiative, led by the British Council within BLF, TCE provided training in effective online teaching skills and strategies in a low resource context for Rwandan teacher trainers.

• A 30-hour online training course tailored for the Rwandan context, delivered by a team of four experienced TCE trainers, to 50 Rwandan trainers/e-moderators.
• Course content included teaching online for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
• Course assignments included independent management of videoconferencing classrooms using Webex.
• Course format encouraged trainer autonomy and the creation of local communities of practice.