SUSTAIN-IT foresees the upskilling African TVET teachers in Zimbabwe, Namibia and Rwanda by training them in innovative teaching pedagogies (Challenge-Based Learning) and inclusive teaching methodologies while providing them with the necessary digital skills and infrastructure to successfully raise environmental awareness in the classroom and provoke youth action against climate change.
Green and digital skills reinforce each other and become powerful tools when they are worked on from education. SUSTAIN-IT will help learners in better observing the environment through digital tools (IoT-Arduino-Sensors-DIY devices) to provide solutions to local environmental challenges identified. SUSTAIN-IT will also equip individuals with skills that align with current and future job opportunities in various industries and sectors, including those in promising value chains under development. These skills include environmental monitoring and data analysis skills that are essential for job opportunities in environmental science, sustainability consulting, and natural resource management. Professionals with expertise in collecting, analysing, and interpreting environmental data are in high demand across industries such as renewable energy, climate change mitigation, and environmental policy-makers.
IoT and sensor technology skills open up opportunities in several fields. The project will also promote key competences such as social entrepreneurship and leadership, problem-solving and critical thinking, and communication and collaboration. SUSTAIN-IT has the potential to successfully drive Sub-Saharan African TVET centres towards more modern educational systems and digitally up-to-date, while taking action against climate change through better monitoring and observing the environment. SUSTAIN-IT aims to reduce the dropout rates of the youth in Africa and engage more women into technical paths by developing innovative educational methodologies, thus improving the attractiveness of VET.
Project updates: Newsletter #1, March 2025
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