EdData II: Data for Education Research and Programming (derp) in Africa

I. Teacher language proficiency 
Break down by geographic area (and 
eventually by school) and compare to 
% of pupils who speak the language as 
L1 to identify any discrepancies
Lang 1 
Lang 2 
Lang 3 
Lang 4 
Lang 5 
Lang 6 
Lang 7 
% of teachers who speak the designated language as 
L1 
% of teachers who speak the language as L2/Lx 
Teacher level of proficiency (reading/writing) in 
designated language
Can be gathered through self-reported 
data, and/or assessment of sample of 
teachers to provide snapshot for a 
particular area 
J. Teacher language proficiency and qualifications 
Lang 1 
Lang 2 
Lang 3 
Lang 4 
Lang 5 
Lang 6 
Lang 7 
% of teachers who have been trained to teach 
children to read in the designated language (as L1) 
% of teachers who have been trained to teach 
designated language as subject (L2/Lx) 
% of teachers who have been trained to teach 
curricular subjects in the designated language 
Availability of teacher training materials in the 
designated language 
K. Teacher training
Lang 1 
Lang 2 
Lang 3 
Lang 4 
Lang 5 
Lang 6 
Lang 7 
Curricula for pre- and in-service training available in 
designated languages 
Curriculum for training teachers to 
teach IN the language; existence of 
training materials for building teacher 
proficiency also may be needed 
Teacher training materials available in designated 
languages 
Teacher training exams provided in designated 
language 
% of teacher trainers/faculty proficient in designated 
languages 

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Annex F 
L. Teacher recruitment and placement 
Lang 1 
Lang 2 
Lang 3 
Lang 4 
Lang 5 
Lang 6 
Lang 7 
Teacher recruitment policies/practices consider 
language proficiency, especially in the case of 
languages underrepresented in the teacher workforce 
Teacher placement policies/practices consider 
language proficiency