Educore Services in Zambia

The school groups include:

Trident Group

This is a premium group offering international schooling based on the best independent school traditions.

With world-class facilities and beautiful surroundings, the Trident Prep schools and College provide a holistic and rounded education based on the Cambridge IGCSE and A-Level curriculum. Trident Schools:

• Trident College Solwezi
• Trident Preparatory School Solwezi
• Trident Preparatory School Kalumbila

Sentinel Group

This group provides international standard schooling from Early Years to Grade 11 through the IGCSE and IPC curricula. Education in the Sentinel schools is designed to reflect their pride in Zambian tradition and history. Sentinel schools:

• Sentinel School Kabitaka
• Sentinel School Kalumbila

Frontier schools

These schools provide excellent, low-cost education based on the Zambian national curriculum to local communities. The focus of these schools is interactive ICT and effective literacy and numeracy teaching. Frontier schools:

• Frontier School Nkisu

Teacher's Academy

The Educore Teacher's Academy is Zambia's first fully practice-based training programme. It offers Diplomas in Primary and Secondary teaching, either through a three-year qualification programme for school leavers or through a one-year graduate fast-track programme.

This is the first fully practice-based training programme in the country offering quality teaching diplomas and qualification upgrades at a number of levels.

At present, this academy provides training for two qualifications that include a post-graduate diploma in teaching and learning, and a primary teacher's diploma.

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning - participants must have gained a degree in either maths or science-related discipline in order to qualify. The duration of the training is 1 year followed by a year employed as a newly qualified teacher (NQT).

Primary Teachers Diploma - participants must be in possession of a quality grade 12 certificate with at least a merit in English, Maths and Science. The duration of the programme is 2 years. The aims of teacher training are threefold:

• To improve educational attainment in schools
• To reduce the 'brain drain' of Zambian talent out of the country
• To engender an outcome-based active learning methodology

Trainees are provided with mentors and guidance materials to help them engage in learning about teaching through experience in the classroom.

Attendance at weekly pedagogy lectures is compulsory and assessment is through continuous assessment. Each year a new cohort of new trainees are recruited in August to begin their training in the following January.