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R.D. Parker Collegiate teacher returns from Uganda

R.D. Parker Collegiate teacher Susannah Mueller traveled to Uganda in July to participate in Project Overseas.   Here she explains what it is and its purpose.

 

"Project Overseas is a project that is in association with the Canadian Teachers Federation and it is under the umbrella of Education International to work towards improving education around the world.  It’s our Canadian union working with other unions around the world."

 

Mueller was part of a team that spent two weeks training Ugandan teachers with workshops on literacy, numeracy, life skills and classroom management.   She shares some of the challenges that the African teachers face in their jobs.

 

"They were dealing with issues around resources and financial issues as well.  The teachers that we met were amazing. Many of them were dealing with huge classrooms of 60 to even 90 or 100 kids in grade one classes alone."

 

Project Overseas has been in operation since 1962, working in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean.

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