The role of educational technology in upgrading teacher education in Pakistan

This paper will outline a major joint Asian Bank/Pakistan ministry of Education project designed to solve one of the most serious of problems, in education in Pakistan through up-grading the state of teacher education, and the quality, status and professional self-esteem of Pakistan's teachers. A multi-faceted approach to the problems has been taken in this USS71m. project, one of the three or-foul major components of which is Educational Technology (ET). The project will be outlined by the Project Director, and then the Total Educational Technology Plan (TETP) will be summarised. At this early stage of the Project, the approach to this paper must, of necessity, be descriptive, with the opportunity of a more evaluative perspective not being possible for at least another two years when the Project is due to be formally completed.