Editorial

Abstract

The aim of the Distance Education and Teachers’ Training (DETA) biennial conference is to create a platform for African educationists and all those collaboratively working with them on the continent to share knowledge and deliberate on educational issues. The 2017 conference held in Rwanda was no exception as participants met to deliberate on how Africa could get practical about achieving SDG 4 in Teacher Education in Africa. Since 2011, the conference has been publishing its proceedings. Participants toeach conferenceare invited to submit their papers for blind peer review, andreviewers are drawnfrom beyond Africa. Over the years and with fourbiennial editions, participants have come to look forward to the Proceedings due to the rigorous process it goes through and the robust debates it generates. Thus, the conference committee decidedto turn the Proceedingsinto an OER journal. It was thus renamed Teacher Education through Flexible Learning in Africa(TETFLE) with a focus on the developing contexts. Thisis the maiden edition of the journal.The theme of the 2017 conference was Getting practical about Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 in Teacher Education in Africa.