PRIMARY TEACHER TRAINING SUB-PROJECT PAPER (BASIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT).

NATIVE TEACHERS AND ADMINSITRATORS FROM YEMEN"S 15 PRIMARY TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES (PTTI"S) WILL RECEIVE A THREE YEAR TRAINING COURSE CULMINATING IN THE MA DEGREE IN PRIMARY TEACHER TRAINING AND SUPERVISION. THE COURSE WILL INCLUDE EXTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING, BOTH IN-COUNTRY AND AT EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (EMU); NINE MONTHS OF IN-COUNTRY TRAINING INCLUDING A SIX-HOUR GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE IN BASIC ELEMENTS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION, LESSON PLANNING, AND DEMONSTRATION TEACHINGL AND A FULL YEAR OF GRADUATE WORK AT EMU LEADING TO THE MA DEGREE. GRADUATES WILL RETURN TO YEMEN FOR ASSIGNMENT TO PTTI"S AS TEACHERS OF PRIMARY TEACHERS AND AS ADMINISTRATORS. FOLLOW-UP PROGRAMS OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING, WORKSHOPS, AND SEMINARS FOR THESE GRADUATES ARE ALSO PLANNED. PTTI DIRECTORS NOT CHOSEN FOR MA WORK WILL RECEIVE ACADEMIC TRAINING IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, WITH EMPHASIS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION. STAFF MEMBERS OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION"S (MOE) IN-SERVICE TRAINING DIVISION WILL ALSO RECEIVE MA TRAINING IN THE US. IN ADDITION, THEY WILL BE ASSISTED IN CREATING AND TESTING MODELS FOR IN-SERVICE PROGRAMS TO BE GIVEN TO PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN TEACHING TECHNIQUES, METHODOLOGY, AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT. AN EMU TEAM WILL OFFER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MOE, AN IN-SERVICE PROGRAM FOR PRESENTLY UNQUALIFIED PRIMARY TEACHERS, LEADING TO APPROVED TEACHING CERTIFICATES. ONGOING SUMMER COURSES WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR BOTH YEMEN TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND MOE PERSONNEL. ASSISTANCE WILL BE GIVEN TO HELP MOE DEVELOP AND TEST A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION, A KEY ELEMENT OF WHICH WILL BE ON-GOING EVALUATION. FINALLY, RESEARCH STUDIES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE RETENTION OF STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY GIRLS, IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND MODEL PROGRAMS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO TEST AND EVALUATE THE VIABILITY OF MULTIPLE-GRADE TEACHING PROGRAMS IN SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS.