Upgrading teaching skills, a key to high-quality education

Mr Jorlin is the new director of the secondary school in the low secondary school of Farafangana, in the south-east of Madagascar. With 1,287 pupils, including 660 girls, and 89 teachers, including 30 women, he is in charge of ensuring quality education at his school.

He began his new role with great enthusiasm, sharing the training courses he had recently attended. According to him, the training on Psychosocial Support (APS) offers directors and teachers an opportunity to get to know their pupils better and to support them in a more thorough way, thereby promoting better school results.

"I've already shared the knowledge I've gained with teachers and pupils at the ceremony on Monday saluting the flag," he says proudly. However, he feels that it is just as important to provide specific training for new teachers as well as for the volunteers hired by parents (FRAM), so that they all could overcome their lack of experience. "We have taken the initiative of reproducing the training documents so that all teachers can benefit from them while they wait for their own training, because training in Stress Prevention Strategies (SPS) complements the skills that teachers already bring to school," he adds with determination.

As far as the training on creating DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) clubs is concerned, Mr Jorlin is convinced that it is not difficult to make children aware of the need to create such clubs. He points out that pupils are used to organising themselves for activities such as gardening and cleanliness at school: "All we need to do is mobilise class leaders and carry out documentary research to convince children and draw their attention to the importance of these clubs".

Mr Jorlin is fully committed to providing quality education. He wants to give all his students the tools they need to succeed. His innovative vision and sharing of knowledge are evidence of this commitment.