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Teacher Education Beyond University Four Walls Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah Vice Chancellor, University of Education, Winneba & Professor Stella Erinosho Visiting Professor University of Education Winneba 1. 0 Introduction The supply of adequate numbers... More

Teacher Education Beyond University Four Walls Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah Vice Chancellor, University of Education, Winneba & Professor Stella Erinosho Visiting Professor University of Education Winneba 1. 0 Introduction The supply of adequate numbers of quality teachers, required to provide quality education for all children in Africa faces a number of very serious challenges which have not been met by conventional approaches to teacher education First, the tremendous upsurge in school enrollment since the 1990s following the global Declarations on “Education for All” and the Millennium Development Goals and the adoption of the policy of UPE (or UBE) in the majority of African countries has created the need for more teachers. For example, Primary school enrolments are up sharply, with nearly 20 million new students (translating into GER increases of 11. 2). Primary school enrolment grew from 81 million in 1998 to over 100 million in 2003 (46% females) (EFA 2006) and the forecas Less