Teachers Development Programme

Our vision is to develop committed teachers with the knowledge and skills to improve the quality of learning

The Nigerian and UK governments are working in partnership to improve the quality of education provision. The United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)'s existing support to the education sector is already making a difference. The Nigerian and UK governments are working in partnership to improve the quality of education provision in Nigeria. UK aid support to Nigeria’s education sector is already making a difference.

Teacher Development Programme (TDP) is building on, complementing and strengthening the work that UK aid and other development partners are doing to support the government to improve the quality of education provision.TDP, in partnership with the Nigerian and some State Governments, will provide up to £37.2 million to improve the quality of teaching in primary and junior secondary schools and in Colleges of Education.

The programme will last for six years (2013-2019) and operate in six northern states of Nigeria - Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Niger and Zamfara. TDP is operating in three states - Jigawa, Katsina and Zamfara during the initial three-year phase of the programme and after that it will roll out to the remaining States.

The programme will improve the skills of 66,000 teachers. In turn, for every year they continue as teachers, they will improve the learning outcomes of over 2.3 million students.