July 2004 ADEA Briefs
Winners of the 2004 Africa Education
Journalism Award are announced in Libreville, Gabon (Libreville, July
6-8, 2004)
The jury for the Akintola Fatoyinbo Africa Education
Journalism Award deliberated between 6 and 8 July 2004 in Libreville,
Gabon, before announcing the prize winners of the 2004 competition.
The 2004 prize winners are from Mali and Côte d'Ivoire (for entries
in French )and South Africa and Namibia (for entries in English ). The
winners as well as the editors in chief will be invited to take part
in a study visit and training seminar in Paris and London. In addition,
the winners of the 1st prize in each category will receive 2000 euros,
while the winners of the 2nd prize will receive 1000 euros.
The Africa Education Journalism Award aims to promote
communication and public debates on education in Africa. Through the
Award ADEA intends to:
- Enhance media interest in education in Africa and
encourage the production of articles about education;
- Promote the development of a network of African journalists
specialized in reporting on education;
- Mobilize public opinion through
the media with regard to educational issues.
The 2004 competition received 372 articles published
in newspapers in 30 countries.
> Press
release announcing the results of the 2004 award
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Sub-Regional Conference on the Integration
of Information and Communications Technology in Education (July 26-30,
2004)
ADEA organized a ministerial conference on the integration
of information and communications technology (ICT) in education in West
Africa. The meeting, which was organized in cooperation with Nigeria’s
Federal Ministry of Education, was held in Abuja, Nigeria, July 28-30,
2004. The conference brought together 20 ministers of education and
training, including 16 from West Africa and four members of the ADEA
Bureau of Ministers from other regions. They were accompanied by 38
national delegates, who took part in the technical session held July
26- 27, just prior to the ministerial conference, the results of which
provided food for thought at the conference itself. The Nigerian government
took responsibility for a major portion of the conference costs and
also played a key role in providing technical and logistical support.
At the end of the conference, the ministers issued a
communiqué in which they set out the challenges to be met to
support the development of ICT and distance education and open learning.
They also came to agreement on strategies to be adopted to meet these
challenges and made recommendations to accelerate the integration of
ICT into the education systems in their countries.
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ADEA
Participation in External Meetings |
The World Congress of Teachers (Porto Alegre,
Brazil, July 22-26, 2004)
The World Congress of Teachers was held
July 22-26, 2004 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, under the theme, “Education
for Global Progress”. It brought together 1400 participants, representing
almost all teachers' associations around the world. In addition
to statutory issues, the congress participants discussed the following
topics: Is education apublic service or amarket ?; The right to teach
and the right to learn ; and, Recruiting qualified teachers and keeping
them in the profession .The ADEA Executive Secretary was invited to
make a presentation on EFA and recruiting new teachers based on the
experience of certain African countries . A heated but highly illuminating
discussion raised several issues: the conditions that have instigated
the use of this type of personnel, training and motivational strategies
to address the quality of teaching, employment conditions and career
prospects, and actions needed to ensure that such experiences are sustainable.
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ADEA Newsletter, Volume 16, Issue 2 (June-August
2004)
This issue focuses on the activities of
the ADEA working groups in 2003. It also announces the release of ADEA
Profile, a database of ADEA activities.
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Newsletter V16N2
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