Road to Launch

The Curriculum Practice Society is taking shape as a home for people who believe that education should stay close to life. Across Africa, teachers, trainers, and researchers are working to make learning relevant, ethical, and practical. CPS brings these efforts together so that what happens in classrooms, workshops, and labs leads to real skills, real work, and real progress.

Our focus is on postsecondary education, especially technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education. We work where learning meets work and where the next generation of thinkers, makers, and innovators is being prepared. CPS connects TVETs, universities, training institutions, ministries, and industry partners who are reimagining how curriculum is taught, practiced, and lived.

In February 2026, CPS will hold its official launch during the Design4Learning Addis Edition, part of the African Union Summit week. The event will gather educators, policy leaders, funders, and creative industries to ask one shared question: How can education stay human and meaningful when technology is changing everything around it?

Until then, we are laying the groundwork. We are forming partnerships, identifying stories of practice, and building the foundation for the first Design4Learning Summit in July 2026.

We are laying the foundation for the Curriculum Practice Society. If you would like to be part of the journey, add your name to our invitation list. You will receive updates, early access to event details, and an opportunity to participate or present at the Design4Learning Addis Edition in February 2026. Stay tuned. The story is just beginning.

CPS is not just another association. It is a growing community that believes that good teaching and good curriculum can help people build purposeful lives.

The Curriculum Practice Society exists to make learning count. We focus on the places where education meets real life, such as classrooms, workshops, and labs where teachers, trainers, and students turn curriculum into lived experience.

Our purpose is to strengthen how teaching and learning happen in postsecondary education, especially within TVET and higher education. We work with those who design and deliver learning to ensure that curricula lead to real skills, meaningful work, and opportunities to contribute to society.

CPS was created for people who believe that curriculum is not finished when it is written. It is finished when it is taught, practiced, and understood. We help educators connect what they teach to the world their students are entering, using methods that are practical, evidence-informed, and grounded in purpose.

By linking universities, TVET colleges, ministries, and industry, CPS creates a community that learns together. We study what works, share what can be improved, and celebrate what is possible when good teaching meets good design.

Our goal is simple: to make education in Africa not only accessible but alive, relevant, and ready for the future.

Purpose

Across Africa, young people are learning for a world that is changing faster than education systems can keep up. Technology, automation, and generative AI are rewriting how people work and what they need to know. Yet classrooms often look the same as they did a generation ago. Teachers are doing their best, but they are asked to teach new skills with old tools. Institutions are under pressure to respond to industries that are being reinvented every few years.

This is why CPS matters. We exist to bring practice to the center of the education conversation. Policy reform alone is not enough. What determines whether a reform succeeds is what happens between a teacher and a learner, and whether that experience builds confidence, curiosity, and competence to grow.

CPS creates the space for that kind of learning. It helps universities and training institutions bridge the distance between policy and practice. It supports educators to adapt curricula to new technologies while keeping learning human, ethical, and connected to local realities.

Africa’s greatest opportunity lies in its people. When education keeps pace with a changing world, the continent can lead in innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainable growth. CPS helps make that alignment possible by focusing on what often goes unseen, such as the daily practice of teaching and learning.

Education has always been about more than employment. It is about dignity, belonging, and purpose. CPS keeps that truth at the center of every conversation about skills, systems, and the future of work.

Why it Matters