The Global - ITE (Initial Teacher Education Project (July 2001- June 2004) was also managed by CDE. This project facilitated the inclusion of a global dimension and sustainable development within the formal education sectors of three regional communities, viz. UK, Kenya and India through pre-service and in-service teacher education.

As a part of this project, we successfully developed innovative ideas and methodologies for training teachers by encouraging them to think of issues close to their heart, creating partnerships with NGOs that worked on these issues whether it was gender equality or human rights or environmental awareness, and supporting these trainees to work on local issues and create modules to train children for citizenship through the existing school curriculum. About a 1000 teacher-trainees from 3 countries, 75 schools and 7500 students were involved in this project. About 150 participants involving teachers, teacher educators from Kenya, UK and India participated in an international conference organised by CDE and KKCE.

This project was funded by DFID UK

People and Institutions Involved – In alphabetical order

The Global Footsteps for Schools project (1998-2001) was a school linking project with the objective of fostering links between schools in India and the UK.

About 15 classrooms in Mumbai were linked to 15 classrooms in Cheltenham from Gloucestershire. Over a period of three years the schools developed a strong rapport with each other and exchanged materials on several topics like the weather, festivals, food, facilities in schools, cultural activities etc. Over 15000 students from the two countries were involved in this project

The teacher exchange programmes also took place during this phase. A group of eight teachers from the UK visited the Indian schools and participated in a conference arranged by the project. Similarly eight teachers from India visited their counterpart schools in the UK and participated in a conference meeting in Cheltenham.