Leaders in Teaching

Leaders in Teaching is an initiative designed to strengthen secondary education in Africa by investing directly in teachers and school leadership. It addresses systemic challenges in the profession—particularly in under-resourced and rural areas—by supporting educators to deliver high-quality, relevant instruction that improves learning outcomes and prepares youth for employment and productive livelihoods.

The initiative operates through country-level programs and pan-African innovation centres. Country programs focus on recruiting high-performing graduates into teaching, strengthening mathematics, science, and ICT instruction, promoting competency-based and student-centred pedagogy, enhancing school leadership, and elevating the professional status of teachers through structured development pathways. Through these programmatic interventions, Leaders in Teaching works to improve education quality at scale and expand opportunities for young people.