RI-SOL conducted two Teachers’ Professional Development Master Trainer workshops in Ningharhar and Kabul provinces in December 2007. A total of 27 high school and Teachers Training Colleges teachers participated in 45 hour training, which focused on the integration of technology into teaching and daily classroom activities. The trainees were provided with step-by-step instructions for each day and each activity. One of the main ideas of the workshops was to familiarize teachers with innovative, student-centered and interactive teaching methodologies. Most of the activities were designed to help the teachers to get a complete understanding of technology, and ways in which it can be applied to learning in a classroom setting. The workshop also emphasized the relevance of the training to their day-to-day work.The trainings were organized by RI-SOL staff, with a great support of Mr. Abdul Rashid, professor of Ningharhar University, Education Faculty and GCEP exchange program alumnus, who visited the United States in summer 2007 and was exposed to US teaching methodology.

The followings are some of the participants testimonies.

Sohila, teacher at Malaly High School:

“I graduated from Kabul University with a specialization in Computer Science I am currently working as a teacher. I have been teaching at school for almost 18 years. I also worked with for ministry of education, TEBT department (teachers’ development). In TPD training held by GCEP what I found most interesting was ICT and the ways to use it in the classroom, and trainings methodology.”

Shah Waleed, teacher at Abdul Ghafor Nadem High school :

“The TPD training was very useful and interesting to me, mainly because they were conducted by highly professional and experienced trainers. In the future we would like to have such trainings for teachers in my school, and I would gladly help them. Such trainings help teachers to learn more about technology and its use.”

Nazeefa Nazeer, teacher at Zarghona High School:

“In this training the most interesting part for me was Computer and Internet sessions, because I have had computer at home but was unable to use it. Now I am very happy that I can.”