Queen Rania Teacher Academy launches BATT project

AMMAN — Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA) launched the “Blended Approach to Teacher Training (BATT)” project in partnership with UNESCO, a according to a statement released Monday.

The event featured remarks from QRTA, the EU, the Education Ministry and UNESCO. QRTA CEO Haif Bannayan stressed the importance of the programme’s focus on psychosocial instruction, pedagogy, maths and physics. He also highlighted the programme’s hybrid model featuring online and face-to-face training.

Costanza Farina, UNESCO representative to Jordan, stressed the timeliness of the project in encouraging self-development of maths and science teachers as well as offering flexibility in their training and teaching.