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Education expert for primary, secondary and higher education. Seeking for short and long term assignments in Africa, Asia and Caribbean.In formal,non-formal education and education in emergency. Experience in curriculum review/writing, education evaluations, capacity building, budget support , module review/writing, education workshop for DFID, USAID, WB, AfB, EU and international NGOs |
 Contact Peter Merckx
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
I started my career as a primary school teacher in Belgian International Schools in Burundi and Congo, where I was the pioneer of introducing students’ centred Active Teaching & Learning (ATL). I was also involved in several youth programs in Belgium, France, but also Burundi and Congo RDC (Zaire) at the same time I was closely involved in different local education projects in both countries ( Project Manager of International NGO for FED and Head of Education Department ). This was a motivation to stop teaching and start to be involved more in international education programs in France, Cambodia and Zambia.
For years now I have been working as an education advisor and Education/Youth Project Manager in different education/Youth programs for national governments, local education offices or International NGOs in Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Europe. In many countries I am involved in setting up in-service and pre-service teacher training programs as a team leader and project leader.
In all my assignments long term and short term students’ centred Active Teaching & Learning (ATL) methodologies was an important part of my expertise. I developed systems of ongoing classroom support for secondary, primary and VET teachers through visits of national or local teacher trainers. I was involved in many capacity building programs for Ministry staff, teacher resource centre staff, education, office staff, head teachers and school in-service trainers.
I have experience in conducting full curriculum reviews/writing for secondary, primary and VET in formal and non-formal education (children, youth and adults). In every program I develop strategies to encourage greater girls’ participation, for child centred methodologies and integrated and crosscutting issues.
I developed participatory assessing/evaluation tools for formal and non-formal education programs in “regular” and emergency situations. Over the years I also developed many modules for trainers, Ministry staff and teachers (TVET included) with the focus on pupils’/students’/participants’ centred Active Teaching & Learning (ATL) methodologies. I have extended experience in the evaluation of situation of teacher retention in formal and non-formal education (at all levels), including topics such as teacher selection, motivation, social recognition, certification, professionalization and incentives in different African, Asian and Caribbean countries in development. I have also extended experience in assessing the integration of refugee youth in existing country programs.
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Education: |
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Primary school teacher, bachelor in education, part of a masters in participatory M&E at the University of Victoria ( Canada) and Education and International Development at the University of London, school of Education
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Membership of professional bodies: INEE, International group for education in emergency situations; Multigrade; Teaching Group- World Bank.; Teachers without Borders at Belgian and International level; MandENEWS member of PM&E group, Assortis, AIC2000,ADE
Other skills (e.g. computer literacy etc.): Full computer literacy (Office, Windows and Mac).
Key qualifications:
Expert in education, with more than 25 year of professional experience in curriculum development (the development of all kind of education programs at all levels) and implementation .Extended experience as an education policy expert with emphasize on education reform ( knowledge of and experience in twinning, SWAP and TA) in basic education, special/inclusive education and TVET. Extended experience in child protection and child rights both on the implementation (projects and programmes management on the field) side in development cooperation in Burundi, Congo, Zambia, Cambodia, Armenia, Ethiopia, China and Turkey. Extended experience in assessing and assisting the MoE in the strategy for the certification and elaboration of curriculum for the primary, secondary and TVET teachers of the public, community and private schools
Expert in Reviewing and refining the roles and functions of role players/services in the education and training sector with emphasize on result based management. Review the structure of the education and training sector as a whole as well as the structure of the MoE and design an improved structure. Develop an overall description and vision for the sector, with the MoE taking the leadership as the driving and also controlling/monitoring body with emphasize on result based management.
Assisting the Ministry of Education in Analysing, the planification/formulation, implementation ,evaluation and monitoring (analysis of the whole structure of the MoE) of the following programs: strategic planning, prevision of statistic information, mobilisation of resource management; budget, national and local examination system and result based management (horizontal and vertical analysis of the different services and partners of the MoE). Extended experience in reviewing and improving the EMIS system at the national and local level.
Extended experience in organising and conducting workshops for national, provincial, district and school levels on strategic planning, result based (budget) management. Experience in promoting the education system in a developing country by increasing early childhood and primary school (overage girls and other vulnerable youth (social inclusion) included) attendance rates, supporting the system with an approach for gender equality and preventing violence against children.
Extended experience in EDF procedures, extended knowledge of EDF rules, contract and finance guidelines, experience in the evaluation of proposals. Extended experience in calls for proposals. Twenty years’ experience in dealing with government and national institutions (Teacher training Colleges, Universities and Regional Education Offices) in regard to education, policy, strategic sector management and analysis in a participatory and technical assistance way 15 years’ experience in policy development and Primary/ Basic Education, special education, secondary and higher education in designing and monitoring EC Budget Support Programs with focus on result based management. Expertise in drop out/ overage of girl’s in formal and non-formal special needs /inclusive education, analyzing and developing teacher training and teacher policy programs for teaching poor, vulnerable and orphan youth an children. Experience in development and implementation of teacher training programmes for general and special needs education ( Early Childhood and TVET included) with emphasize on result based management strategy to assist the institutions their way of planning and organizing its work plan to increase performance and promote programmatic focus and delivery.;
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
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