Pedagogical Resource Centres promote Talular in Ethiopia

The Pedagogical/Instructional Resource Centers promote Teaching And Learning Using Locally Available Resources (TALULAR), which encourages active and child-centered learning. There has been a notable shift in primary schools towards using locally available resources for producing teaching and learning materials. The production of teaching and learning materials is especially noteworthy in Ethiopia where textbooks and other learning materials are scarce to non-existent in most schools. Transformation has occurred in classrooms where the teachers have participated in the materials production courses. Blank walls and other areas in participating classrooms now display colorful learning materials developed using locally available materials.
USAID (2005) Changing Lives: Success Stories from the African Education Initiative http://literacyhub.org/documents/PNADG236.pdf