A group photo at the closing ceremony of 2013 Seminar for Primary and Secondary School Female Principals in English Speaking African Countries.
On May 28, 14 African primary and secondary female principals and several Chinese principals and experts held a round table dialogue on basic education in ECNU, and discussed issues including teachers’ professional development, principals’ leading capacity, teaching quality assurance and assessment and curriculum revolution.
Shang Xiaohui, an official of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, awards the certificate for an African female principal.
According to ECNU’s International Center for Teacher Education, this round table dialogue was an important part of the Seminar for Primary and Secondary School Female Principals in English Speaking African Countries. After the dialogue, the closing ceremony of 2013 Seminar for Primary and Secondary School Female Principals in English Speaking African Countries was held, and all the 14 African female principals won certificates for their successful completion of the three–week seminar.
Sino-African female principals have a round table dialogue on basic education in ECNU.
During the seminar (May 8-28), the 14 African female principals had taken part in 16 lectures, such as “Professional development for Chinese primary and secondary school head teachers”, “Results and reflections from PISA 2009 and basic education in Shanghai”, etc. In addition to that, they also had some classes of Chinese calligraphy and Jaiji, the shadow boxing.
The seminar is the second training program supported by Ministry of Commerce, PRC and Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, which is aimed at improving the leading capacity of female principals in Africa.
Written by: Shi Yangyang
Edited by: Liu Jinyu
