AN educational partnership between Glasgow and Malawi has been expanded to help seven primary schools in the African country.
The Malawi Leaders Of Learning Programme was founded by Maureen McKenna, the city's director of education, who this week travels to the country at her own expense to see how work is progressing.
She said: "Malawi is starting to feel like a home-from-home now.
"We have seven primary schools partnered with primaries in Glasgow and our aim is to provide them with the skills to run themselves effectively and give the best educational experience to their pupils possible.
"It is about empowering them to lead themselves."
Mrs McKenna set up the scheme to give two-way training with the East African country. It is the first of its kind in Scotland and last year became a charity.
Teachers from Glasgow help train teachers in Malawi. Malawian school staff come to Glasgow to see how classes are run. Primaries from both countries swap letters to help Malawian youngsters learn English.
There are also opportunities for secondary pupils to visit their African peers.
There is a emphasis on PE and outdoor learning, and money raised in Glasgow's schools goes to buy books for Malawian libraries.
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