About TeachersMOD

TeachersMOD is a collaborative initiative involving five public universities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, three European universities, and the UNIMED Institution. This project operates under the framework of Erasmus Plus, supported by the European Union. Its primary goal is to develop the syllabi of colleges of basic education. The project also aims at improving teaching in basic schools by training teacher educators.

Mission statement

The TeachersMOD project aims to enhance the capacity of the Basic Education Colleges in each Kurdish beneficiary institution with the long-term outcome of improving the general Regional standard of primary education. The project builds on two main assumptions: the first relates to the education’s pivotal role in the society for the fulfillment of human rights, peace and responsible citizenship from local to global levels, and the second relates to the relevance of the digital transformation as embedded in teaching and learning models.

Higher Education Institutions , therefore, need to increase their capacity at two levels: 1) updating and reviewing curricula towards a student-centered approach; and 2) a pedagogical approach y based on interactive teaching methods integrating participative and innovative techniques. For this reason, TeachersMOD seeks to modernize and improve the quality of teaching, by innovating teaching methodologies, by reviewing curricula and by reinforcing the competences of university staff members in the Basic Education Colleges in the Kurdish universities to be prepared for the new generation of learners in the region.