CfBT, as a part of its contract, also partners with the ministry of Education anually on a range of national educational initiatives and programmes. CfBT teachers, without exception, contribute to these proactively as qualified and experienced specialists in participant, support or lead roles. Our project lead and support roles are advertised internally, to our professional teaching experts in Brunei, and are remunerated based on the scope and detail of work required. Our teachers have been involved as national teacher trainers for O level and IGCSE ESL, national assessment writers, school and cluster-based professional development facilitators, programme and materials developers and student support programme delivery specialists.

CfBT provides newly arrived teachers with a theoretical and practical language awareness mini-course to extend professional knowledge and skills for immediate classroom use and impact. It aims to support new teachers in the delivery of their programmes in the Bruneian context.

Malay language courses are offered at beginners level each year with intermediate courses on offer according to demand. The course features survival Malay, classroom language, staff room language and the language of school administration. The Malay language course is run by our CfBT Training and Learning Centre (TLC) and all teachers are fully funded for one such course.

Building on the original Platov Awards, CfBT makes funding available to teachers undertaking relevant distance learning postgraduate degrees. These degrees are typically based in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Canada. Teachers share the knowledge gained with the wider community via the TET blog.