The ADEA announces the results of the 2004 awards in Libreville, Gabon
Libreville, 8 July 2004: His Excellency Daniel Ona Ondo, Gabon’s Minister of Education, Chairman of the Bureau of Ministers of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), today announced the results of the third annual African Education Journalism Awards – Akintola Fatoyinbo, in Gabon’s capital, Libreville. The results were announced in the presence of the ADEA Executive-Secretary, Mamadou NDoye, and numerous guests and journalists.
The French-language and English-language juries deliberated from 6 to 8 July 2004 in the Hôtel Le Méridien in Libreville before reaching their conclusions.
The prizewinners this year are:
For articles in French:
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First prize goes to Fousséni Traoré, from Mali, for the article “Quand les élèves gouvernent, l’école va mieux” (“School goes better when the pupils govern”), which appeared in Le Républicain de Bamako on 16 March 2004;
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Second prize goes to Josette Barry, from the Ivory Coast, for the article “L’enseignement supérieur le grand sinistré : Décadence d’un système” (“The disastrous situation of higher education: The decadence of a system”), which appeared in Fraternité Matin d’Abidjan on 19 November 2003.
For articles in English:
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First prize goes to Moshoehoe Monare, from South Africa, for the article, “The Blackboard Sanctuary”, which appeared in The Sunday Times, published in Johannesburg;
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Second prize goes to Maggi Bernard, from Namibia, for the article “Education on the Move”, which appeared in The Namibian, published in Windhoek.
The prizewinners and the editors-in-chief of their publications will be invited to undertake a study visit including seminars in Paris, London and Washington, D.C. In addition, the first prizewinner in each language category will receive a cash award of 2000 euros, while second place winners will receive 1000 euros.
The Africa Education Journalism Award was initiated by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) in connection with its Working Group on Communication for Education and Development (COMED). The award recognizes the best articles on education in Africa written by African journalists and published in the African press.
The ADEA seeks to use this award to further the following objectives:
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To promote communication and public debate on education issues in African countries;
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To encourage the production of articles on education in the press;
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To promote the development of a network of African journalists who specialize in reporting on education;
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To mobilize public support for education through the media.
For this edition, the jury, which was composed of education specialists and experienced journalists, scrutinized 34 articles in French and 26 articles in English, which had been pre-selected from 372 entries from 30 different countries.
The level of participation demonstrates the interest of journalists and points to the need for editors to devote greater space to education in Africa.
About COMED
ADEA’s Working Group on Communication for Education and Development (COMED) was set up with the support of the World Bank and the Norwegian Education Trust Fund. The key premise underlying COMED is that the exchange of information and communication between partners is essential to establishing efficient educational systems and achieving quality education for all.
Having recognized the key role of the mass media in disseminating information, COMED gives special emphasis to training journalists as well as communications officers from the African ministries of education.
About ADEA
agencies working in the field of education in Africa. Since then,
the ADEA has become an instrument designed to reinforce African
ministries’ leadership capacities as they work with funding
agencies and to develop a consensus between ministries and agencies
on approaches to the major issues facing education in Africa.
ADEA’s activities focus on strengthening policy dialogue between the development partners. It also strives to build institutional capacities within Africa through developing technical skills, setting up networks to exchange information and encouraging the sharing of successful strategies, innovations and experiences.
Libreville, 8 July 2004
For further information, you may contact:
Thanh-Hoa Desruelles, Communication and Publications
Officer, ADEA.
in Paris: Tel: +33/ (0)145 03 7769; e-mail: th.desruelles@iiep.unesco.org
Professeur Opubor, Coordinator, Working
Group on Communications for Education and Development (COMED),
WANAD Center,
in Cotonou : +229/31 34 54; e-mail: comed@wanad.org
Pascal Hoba, Communication Consultant, ADEA
in Paris: Tel: +33/ (0)145 03 7768; e-mail: p.hoba@iiep.unesco.org