SSIRI

The USAID-funded Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction (SSIRI) Project designs, develops, produces and broadcasts interactive radio instruction programs in cooperation with the Southern Sudanese Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MoEST) Department of Alternative Education Systems. SSIRI has three interrelated, radio-based education programs, plus the integration of other technologies:

· Primary Education - The Learning Village consists of 400 daily half-hour programs in English, local language literacy, mathematics, and life skills for grades 1 to 4.
 

· English  - The Terbia (Teaching English through Radio-Based Instruction for All)  program provides English language instruction to youth and adults while engaging the learners in civic education, numeracy, and health topics. There will be 240 half-hour radio programs from beginning to advanced levels of English.  A new English for Teachers course will be developed based on Terbia.]

· Professional Studies for Teachers is a radio-based, distance-learning course to improve teaching. There is one unit called PS101 consisting of twelve weekly programs. New units will be developed. 
 

· Other technologies – SSIRI incorporates other technologies, especially to support teacher education including VSAT/Internet, video production, and portable media devices.
EDC SSIRI would like to fill the following temporary positions:
 

1. ERC Education Technology Specialist