KERIS co-hosted the “ICT Capacity Building Programme: ICT Transforming in Africa” with UNESCO from June 9 to 13 in Seoul.

This training program is part of the third phase of the “ICT Transforming Education: UNESCO-Korean Funds in Trust Project". 

It was designed to strengthen the capacity of education policymakers from three African countries—Tanzania, Uganda, and Namibia—in formulating and implementing digital education policies. Funded by the Republic of Korea–UNESCO Funds-in-Trust, the training aimed to enhance understanding of Korea’s digital education policies and ecosystem, while providing participants with hands-on experiences of various innovative practices.

The delegation participated in seminars that covered KERIS’s digital education policies and services, public-private cooperation cases in African education innovation, and classroom innovation cases led by Korea’s digital transformation pioneer teachers. Following the seminars, participants visited the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education and local schools in Gyeonggi-do to observe policy implementation in realA-world settings.

In addition, design-thinking workshops were held to share the current status of digital education policies in the three participating countries and to conduct hands-on policy planning exercises tailored to each nation.

The latter part of the training featured case studies on Bridge project in Africa by Korean National Commission for UNESCO and initiatives to develop AI competency framework and diagnostic tool for teachers. The program concluded with a visit to SoftLab, where participants explored diverse models for policy collaboration.