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English Language Proficiency Program for Adult Students
Description/achievement of initiative

The African Society for Engineering Management (Afrisem) English language proficiency program is intended to help adult and dropout students that need to improve their English knowledge in other to have the ability of going back to school.

Implementation methodologies

The learning plan will include access to self-study materials and short courses, group discussion forums, group assignments,and oral and written English packages.The curriculum is focused on creative, innovative, and systemic knowledge designed to improve quality of education. Centers will be created in secondary schools in agreement with the schools and the members of the community. Lectures will be deployed presently as volunteers from the African Society for Engineering Management members and other relative associations.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Training of trainers will be coordinated by the African Society for Engineering Management; graduates of the program will join our tutors groups in training others for the benefit of the community. The program is estimating that in the first four years we will have about 12,000 graduate that can be distributed among African countries for training of adults.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The program is being handled by the African Society for Engineering Management as coordinator, and headed by the President of the association. There are also volunteer stakeholders and various community associations leaders and community leaders or representatives, youth associations.

Partner(s)

African Society for Engineering Management (Afrisem)
Progress reports
Goal 1
Goal 4
Goal 16
December 2016
Performance evaluation of activities to determine the key performance indicator and various achievements
January 2016
Expansion of programs to other areas, after agreement with centers and partners
September 2015
Conclude design and start program in two centers (Zaria and Kaduna central)
September 2016
Increase number of volunteers and partners
In-kind contribution
14000
Other, please specify
Volunteers

Basic information
Time-frame: September 2015 - September 2020
Partners
African Society for Engineering Management (Afrisem)
Countries
Contact information
Bashir Garba Ibrahim, President , afrisem@outlook.com
United Nations