Improving Teachers and Students Professional Development with Twin transition in SubSaharan Africa using AI (TeProD).

A coordinated response to Africa's twin transition.
TeProD strengthens higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa by enhancing the professional development of teachers and students through the twin transition — combining green transformation with digital transformation.

The project supports curriculum innovation, teacher training, AI-enhanced education, and stronger collaboration between universities and industry across the consortium.

Climate & sustainability challenges in Africa
Rising demand for digital competencies
Modern pedagogical approaches
Industry demand for green & digital skills
AI and emerging technologies in education
Strengthening graduate employability and entrepreneurship
Building green and digital competencies, together.
Our main objective is to improve teachers' and students' professional development through the integration of green and digital competencies in higher education.

Circular Economy & Green Transition
Build knowledge of sustainability practices for African higher education contexts.

Digitalisation & AI
Strengthen digital fluency, AI literacy and modern digital tools for teaching.

Modern Pedagogy
Equip educators with innovative pedagogical approaches for the twin transition.

Industry Alignment
Align curricula with labour market needs and deepen university–industry ties.

UEW in focus
University of Education, Winneba at the heart of TeProD in Ghana.
UEW joined the TeProD consortium to advance its strategic commitments to innovation, sustainability and digital transformation — and to ensure Ghana's teacher educators lead the twin transition.

UEW has already participated in needs assessments and capacity-building workshops as part of the project.

Curriculum Enhancement
Twin transition content development
Integration of sustainability & digital competencies
Capacity Building
Training academic staff
Professional development workshops
Pedagogical innovation
Research & Innovation
Needs assessment studies
Institutional action plans
Project deliverables
Industry Engagement
Employer collaboration
Labour market mapping
University–industry partnerships
Five institutions, three continents.
Coordinator
Finland
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
Finnish university of applied sciences leading the consortium.

Partner · UEW
Ghana
University of Education, Winneba
Ghana's premier teacher-education university and host of this page.

Partner
Ghana
University of Ghana
Ghana's flagship research university driving curriculum innovation.

Partner
Namibia
International University of Management
Southern African partner advancing management and digital education.

Partner
Slovakia
Technical University of Košice
European technical partner contributing digital and engineering expertise.

Impact across institutions, classrooms and society.
Project Coordinator
Jani Siirilä
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Official TeProD website
Erasmus+ Programme
UEW DRID

Co-funded by
the European Union
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