Clinton announced the expansion at the Monday event, saying 400 volunteers from his prized national service project, AmeriCorps, would staff a total of 250 new Power Up sites in 43 states by the end of the year.
Starting in early 2013, the four-year initiative will focus on enhancing teacher education systems in eight countries so as to train an adequate number of qualified teachers to achieve EFA. Project activities will boost national capacity in ministries and key teacher training institutions, staff skills and competencies and supporting resources such as a knowledge base, with ICT as a major component.