Conference on employment and use of Contractual Teachersin Primary Education, jointly organized by the ADEA, the World Bank, Education International and the Ministry of Education of Mali (Bamako, Mali, November 21-23, 2004)   Working Documents -Download (in frensh only) Press Release-Download   Agenda   November 21, 2004 09h00 - 10h30 Opening Ceremony 10h30 - 11h00 Coffee Break 11h00 - 12h00 Plenary session on the stocktaking - Alain Mingat - Download - Download the summary (in frensh only) 12h00- 13h00 Plenary session on the impact of the reshuffling of the teaching force- Martial Dembélé - Download - Download the summary (in frensh only) 13h00- 14h30 Lunch Break 14h30 - 15h30 The issue of new teachers with regards to learning - PASEC - Download - Download the summary (in frensh only) 15h30 - 16h00 Coffee Break 16h00 - 18h00 Exchange of experiences among countries (10-15 mn per country) Benin - Download (in frensh only) Guinea - Download (in frensh only) Madagascar - Download (in frensh only) Niger - Download (in frensh only) Senegal - Download (in frensh only) Chad - Download (in frensh only) November 22, 2004 9h00 - 11h00 Exchange of experiences among countries (continuing) 11h00 - 11h30 Coffee Break 11h30 -12h30 Experiences from elsewhere - IIPE - Download - Download the summary (in frensh only) 12h30 -13h30 Main conclusions drawn from the stocktaking (trends, achievements, challenges) 13h30 - 14h30 Lunch Break 14h30-18h30 Parallel Thematic Workshops Workshop 1 : Recruitment, training, placement and pedagogical support: challenges and strategies Workshop 2 : Contracts, career plans, promotion modalities and various material supports : trends and evolutions Workshop 3 : Managing the reshuffling of the teaching force and its development perspectives : goals to attain, strategies and transitions towards sustainability. Finalising the workshops' reports November 23, 2004 9h00 - 11h00 Round Table on the workshops' findings (15 mn per workshop) 11h00 - 11h30 Coffee Break 11h30 - 13h30 Group Works : drawn by and for each country (First hour : lessons by country / Second : sharing by group of Three countries) 13h30 - 14h30 Lunch Break 14h30 - 16h00 Presentation and discussions on the lessons drawn by the groups 16h00- 16h30 Coffee Break 16h30 - 17h30 Evaluation and follow up of the conference 17h30 - 18h00 Closing Ceremony