October 2004 ADEA Briefs
Winners of the Africa Education Journalism Award participate
in study tour in Paris and London
The Africa Education Journalism Award recognizes the
best articles on education written by African journalists and published
in African newspapers. Winners of the 2004 award are from Côte
d’Ivoire, Mali, Namibia and South Africa. In addition to receiving
2000 Euros (first prizes) and 1000 Euros (2 nd prizes), the winners
were invited to participate in a study tour in Paris and London along
with their editors in chief. The study tour program included modules
on education and visits to media houses with departments dedicated to
education , Radio France International ( RFI )and Libération
(daily newspaper) in Paris ,the BBC and Times Education Supplement in
London). The study tour ended with an award presentation ceremony held
at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
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Annual Review of the Africa Education Journalism Award - including
winning articles and biographies of winners
> Press release on the
award presentation ceremony in Paris
> Africa Education Journalism
Award web site
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ADEA
Participation in External Meetings |
Free University of Amsterdam hosts seminar
on the costs of boosting secondary education
At the seminar, held in Amsterdam on 15
October, the Executive Secretary of ADEA presented conclusions from
other conferences on secondary education in Africa (SEIA). He emphasized
the need to "unblock "secondary education and highlighted
the reforms necessary to help promote African models that are adapted
to the resources available and to the local context.
Keith Lewin (International Development Studies,
University of Sussex) and Alain Mingat (lead education specialist, Africa
region, World Bank) analyzed the financial implications of the various
options being considered to improve the transition from primary to secondary
school. It appears that current costs cannot meet the objectives of
EFA or any big increases in secondary school enrolment. Discussion therefore
focused on ways of developing financial policies that are adequate to
support expanded secondary education and on the need to draw up guidelines
for best practices and policies.
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SEIA web site
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