Designing the Course and Curricula for Teacher Development, Open School and Vocational Education through Media Education in Eritrea

Since Eritrea became independent in 1993, efforts have been underway to revise and update the conventional education curriculum. With a determination to quickly bridge the growing knowledge gap between Eritrea and the rest of the world, the Eritrean Government has decided on media education as a sustainable alternative. This choice is in line with developments emerging from many African, Asian and Latin American countries as the only option in line with the philosophy of UNESCO and the Association for Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). It is against this backdrop that a strategy paper "Media education in Eritrean education" was developed. This paper formed the basis of the developments discussed in this article. (Contains 1 figure.)