The overall objective of the project is to support the Government of Timor-Leste in the design of an Education Project which aims to improve the quality of teaching and school leadership at the upper-secondary school level.

The primary objective of the Education Project is to advance the quality of secondary education so that students are better equipped to succeed in jobs and/or in tertiary education.

Main activities of the project include:

• Development of a Center of Excellence for secondary school teacher and school leader pre-service training and professional development;
• Development of pre-service education for secondary school teachers and school leaders;
• Improvement of in-service teacher and school leader training and professional development;
• Upgrade of upper-secondary school curriculum, secondary school instruction, instructional leadership, school management and gender-sensitive pedagogy and management practices.

Traineeship in remote modality.