When we look beyond the issue of accessibility to the quality of education our children receive -- after all it should be fit for purpose -- the region has among the lowest education requirements for teachers, with 50% of countries requiring lower secondary school teachers to have completed no higher than a secondary education (so teachers have barely more education that their students).

CNN: Africa 'must think big for its children'

Scottish primary school teachers should have the equivalent of a science Higher before they enter the profession, according to a group of experts.

BBC: Science qualification call for new primary teachers

Lecturers from the School of Education in the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education were trained during this project to provide in-service teacher training for primary school teachers.

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