Ministry of Education of the Republic of Ghana, HP Inc. and Mirai Partners have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to train selected teachers in the HP Innovation and Digital Education Academy (HP IDEA) program.
The newly launched program in collaboration with Intel offers educators in the country the opportunity to create digital capabilities based on educational frameworks from leading global universities.
“We are committed to the continual integration of technology in our schools,” said Bradley Pulford, Vice President and Managing Director for HP Africa,
“HP IDEA will enable educators to acquire the right skills to take advantage of blended and digital learning solutions,” he added.
Catherine Appiah-Pinkrah, Director of General Administration at the Ministry of Education, said it was important to develop the teachers’ ICT competencies.
“We are glad that our teachers now have an excellent opportunity to join HP IDEA and improve their qualifications based on some of the world’s best programs”.
The program is mapped against and delivers on the United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and the CESA objectives (Continental Education Strategy for Africa). The academy also incorporates world class research and frameworks from Harvard Graduate School of Education and University of Michigan.
Two programs for participating schools will be made available by HP Inc.:
- HP IDEA Fellow – A one-year pathway for a select cadre of innovative practitioners and instructional leaders. It is an immersive teacher development program designed to enable teachers, leaders, and students to develop and access new learning modalities in select schools in South Africa. Participating schools select 3-6 teachers and instructional leaders to shape practice at the school level through four conferences and weekly learning sessions.
- HP IDEA Associate – This includes focused coursework, designed by HP IDEA Fellows under guidance from Mirai & HP. All staff members at the participating schools will have the opportunity to become HP IDEA Associates by engaging in turn around training developed and delivered by HP IDEA Fellows.
HP IDEA is a part of HP’s commitment to enable better learning outcomes for 100 million people globally by 2025. The program has been launched in nine other countries across Africa, Middle East, and Central Asia: Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Egypt, UAE, Oman, KSA, Qatar, and Kazakhstan.
HP also has a series of educational programs such as the recently announced Classroom of the Future, HP Learning Studios, Campus of the Future, and HP LIFE, that accelerate blended learning.
For more information on the HP Innovation and Digital Education Academy, please click here.