Enhancing Gender Mainstreaming in Teacher Training Curriculum in Kenya.indd POLICY BRIEF | OCTOBER 2024 Enhancing Gender Mainstreaming in Teacher Training Curriculum in Kenya Background Integrating gender mainstreaming within the teacher and guidelines supporting gender mainstreaming in training curriculum is critical for fostering Kenya’s educational institutions. [...] The Ministry of Education’s Training Sector Gender Policy The findings revealed that teacher trainees had a 2015 policy aims to address gender disparities in relatively good understanding of gender-equitable the education sector by equipping teachers with the teaching and learning practices from an equity knowledge and skills to promote gender equality in perspective. [...] mainstreaming in teaching and learning? A review of the curriculum indicated that gender The African Population and Health Research Centre, in mainstreaming was not built into the teacher training collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE) in curriculum and, thus, was not taught as a topic of Kenya, undertook a study titled Gender Mainstreaming a stand-alone unit. [...] to examine how gender mainstreaming strategies are integrated within teacher training and practiced in classrooms and to assess the policies, practices, 1 Key Findings Understanding of Gender-Equitable Practices: • Teacher trainees in Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) exhibited a basic understanding of gender- equitable teaching and learning practices. [...] Monitor and Evaluate the Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming • Develop Mechanisms for Monitoring and Evaluation: Implement structured processes to track the integration of gender mainstreaming in teacher training programs, evaluating both curriculum effectiveness and teaching practices.
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