PAISE-STP

• Initial Teachers’ Training;
• Continuous and on-the-job Training of Secondary School Teaching Staff (grade 7 to 12);  
• Support the Portuguese and Mathematics teaching in the Autonomous Region of Principe. 

OBJECTIVES:

• Improve Sao Tome and Principe’s education system; 
• Develop Secondary School Teaching Staff’s skills and qualifications;  
• Promote the development of institutional competences of the University of São Tomé e Príncipe (USTP) and the Ministry of Education and Higher-Education (MEES); 
• Improve Sao Tome and Principe’s education system, especially regarding the school administration and management. 

BENEFICIARIES:

• Directors and Technical Staff from the central and district services of the Ministry of Education and Higher-Education (MEES) 
• Pedagogical Supervisors 
• Subject Coordinators  
• School Managers 
• Education Inspectors 
• Secondary School teachers 
• University of Sao Tome and Principe (USTP) 
• USTP teachers involved on the Initial Teachers’ Training  
• Continuous and On-The-job Training of teaching staff Office 
• Secondary School and Technical-Professional Education Authority (DESTP) 
• Educational Innovation and Planning Authority (DPIE) and Internal Education Service (IGE) 
• Students from the Initial Teachers’ Training for Secondary School teachers 
• Students from Sao Tome and Principe (grade 7 to 12) 

ACTIVITIES:

• Reviewing the Initial Teachers’ Training; 
• Updating the didactic training component; 
• Reviewing and updating the supervised pedagogical practice component; 
• Supporting the pedagogical implementation and supervision of teaching internships; 
• Promoting USTP’s Teaching Staff professional development; 
• Improving labs, library and long-distance learning classrooms’ resources and tools;
  
• Developing research regarding the project’s activities;
  
• Supporting USTP, specifically the academic and administrative services and the professional development of its staff; 
• Supporting the development and consolidation of the Continuous and On-The-job Training of teaching staff Office; 
• Reviewing and/or elaborating guidelines for the Continuous and on-the-job training; 
• Supporting technically and logistically the secondary school pedagogical supervision sector;
  
• Providing continuous training, concerning didactic, pedagogical and scientific aspects on the following subjects: Portuguese, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Biology and English, with close monitoring of subject coordinators and teachers, with the development of pedagogical materials (regarding the training scope); 
• Supporting quality, efficacy and efficiency development of school administrative and management processes; 
• Supporting the Internal Education Service (IGE) in implementing the school internal and external evaluation; 
• Developing an evaluation system proposal for the teacher’s performance; 
• Supporting Portuguese and Mathematics teaching in the Autonomous Region of Principe; 
• Providing and implementing an innovative program On-the-job training of high-school teachers in the Autonomous Region of Principe, in collaboration with the USTP. 

NEWS:

05/02/2020 | New Education Project in São Tomé and Príncipe