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RESOURCE CENTER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT COURSE

A GROUP OF EDUCATION OFFICIALS from Bangladesh underwent a month-long training on leadership and management to improve their competencies in handling teacher-training centres in their country.

The Bangladeshis work for learning centres in their country called Upazila Resource Centres (URCs). These self-sustaining centres cater to the needs of teachers for their professional development, and to students for their self-directed learning.

SEAMEO INNOTECH facilitated the month-long training program from October 27 to November 22, 2003, coordinated by training specialist Ms. Sharon Berlin-Chao. It was part of a series of training courses intended for officials of the URCs.

The course was specifically designed to heighten their awareness and appreciation of how countries share knowledge, expertise and resources to serve the educational needs of the people of Bangladesh, regardless of ethnic and cultural differences.

The training activities were geared towards upgrading their management competencies in applying innovative approaches to the services they provide for teachers, students and other target clients. Apart from structured visits to several institutions in the country, discussions on such topics as the learning resource centers (LRCs) in developed and developing countries were also covered. This provided them with deeper insights into the goals, operations and impact on teacher professional development and student achievement of said LRCs.

At the end of the program, the Bangladeshi officials came up with prototypes of data gathering materials for needs assessment, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of URCs. They also prepared a set of recommendations to improve learning centres in Bangladesh, as well as created prototypes of advocacy and social mobilization materials to heighten public interest in URCs.

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