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Countries of the Indian Ocean attend conference on evaluation
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Responding to HIV/AIDS in education: a review of needs and research
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ADEA Steering
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Signing of a framework of cooperation for the peer review
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Improving the Quality of Nomadic Education in Nigeria
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Zambia’s Primary Reading Program
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June 13, 2005 Niamey, Niger • WGESA Steering Committee meeting June 14-18, 2005 Niamey, Niger • WGESA training workshop for Sahel countries June 28-30, 2005 Accra, Ghana
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Jury meeting for the 2005 Akintola Fatoyinbo Africa Education July 4-7, 2005 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania • WGTP workshop on multigrade teaching July 4-8, 2005 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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analysis of qualitative data for HIV/AIDS and education July 12-13, 2005 Johannesburg, South Africa • WG on Books Steering Committee Meeting August 3-5, 2005 Windhoek, Namibia • Regional conference on bilingual education and the useof local languages Dakar, Senegal • Workshop for teaching training colleges and departments of education September 7-9, 2005 Addis Abeba, Ethiopia • Ministerial seminar on education for rural development |
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Countries of the Indian Ocean attend conference on evaluation and certification of competencies On the initiative of ADEA and IIEP, the Mauritius Ministry of Education and Scientific Research organized a two and a half day seminar from 2 to 4 May 2005 for some 40 country representatives and resource persons. The event was inaugurated by Minister of Education and Scientific Research, the Honorable Steven Obeegadoo. Participants came from six countries in addition to Mauritius: Comores, Madagascar, Mozambique, Seychelles and Tanzania. The meeting had set the following objectives: · To learn from the cumulative experience of developed countries; · To review the experience acquired by countries in the region; · To share, identify and examine the best practices; and · To inform decisions related to evaluation policies. The seminar examined a number of issues – practical or concerning educational policies – related to the assessment of capacities and competencies in formal education. Participants also reflected on the need to establish a link between formal education and the world of work. The workshop defined the very concepts of efficiency, performance and certification and expressed the countries’ desire to achieve a knowledge-based society through skills acquisition that includes preparing youth for the world of work and making learning a lifelong prospect. OECD’s interdisciplinary and policy-oriented research program, known as DeSeCo (Definition and Selection of Competencies) was presented as well as the UK’s experience with reforming educational qualifications for 14 to 19 year olds and Kenya's unsuccessful experience at diversifying education at secondary level. Delegates also presented the evaluation systems prevailing in their countries and ongoing reforms. In addition to the plenary sessions, work in small groups was an opportunity to examine in depth three issues: evaluation and certification; defining key competencies ; and, diversification of secondary education. Ø More detailed report of the seminar Ø For more information contact Hamidou Boukary, Senior program specialist, ADEA Secretariat, h.boukary@iiep.unesco.org Responding to HIV/AIDS in education: a review of needs and research results in Entebbe A joint ADEA/IIEP workshop on needs assessment and research results was held in Entebbe, Uganda from 11-14 May 2005. The objectives of the workshop were threefold: · to review and discuss the findings of the IIEP’s action research on the HIV/AIDS’ impact on leadership, governance and policy in the education sector in three countries (Uganda, Malawi and Tanzania); · to discuss the outcomes of the training needs assessment at various levels within ministries of education of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda; · to address and promote cross-sectoral approaches and coordination within the education sector on key issues such as teacher management and the contribution of Higher Education to other sub-sectors. Participating countries were expected to formulate country action plans. A methodology involving participatory seminars, field trips and encounters with teachers and persons living with HIV/AIDS was used. · There was common agreement that the response of the education sector to the HIV/AIDS pandemic has thus far been fragmented and as a result is fraught with incoherencies. Cross-cutting issues such the teacher management under HIV/AIDS, for instance, have not been addressed in a holistic manner. The ADEA Ad Hoc WG on HIV/AIDS’ presentation on the implications of HIV/AIDS for teacher management generated a discussion that provided more insight into an under-reported crisis in high prevalence countries. This crisis is characterized by: · a very high teacher absenteeism; · rampant stigmatization and discriminatory practices, · limited access to care and support (ARVs/ARTs); · lack of both in-school and district monitoring systems; · lack of coordinated HIV/AIDS policies targeting teachers; · very few self-devised strategies and initiatives by Teacher Unions to protect their members. Participants called on ADEA and IIEP to follow-up on specific areas identified by the country action plans: · the formulation of sector and institutional policies; · the setting-up or strengthening of integrated and HIV/AIDS-sensitive EMIS (Education Management Information Systems) and DEMIS (Decentralized Education Management Information Systems) coupled with Teacher Management systems; · mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in both school and teacher training curricula; · the setting up of voluntary counseling and testing centers in both secondary and tertiary institutions. Ø More detailed report of the workshop Ø For more information, please contact: Hamidou Boukary, Senior Program Specialist, ADEA Secretariat, h.boukary@iiep.unesco.org ADEA Steering Committee prepares for next Biennale The ADEA Steering Committee met in Enghien-les-Bains (France) from 24 to 27 May 2005. It approved the program for 2005, reviewed activities of the last six months and presented the provisional findings of the evaluation exercise currently underway. The Steering Committee also prepared a detailed plan for the next ADEA Biennial Meeting, to take place during the first quarter of 2006. The Biennale will take an in-depth look at three topics: effective schools, effective literacy programs and effective early childhood development programs. The meetings were also the occasion for the ADEA Ministers Bureau, the working groups and ADEA Steering Committee member agencies to get together. The Education Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) was able to present its strategic plan for 2005-2010 to partners. The Minister of Education for Mali presided the ERNWACA meeting, and invited everyone to a cocktail in celebration of Africa Day on 25 May. Ø For more information, contact Thanh-Hoa Desruelles, Publications and Communication Officer, ADEA Secretariat, t.desruelles@iiep.unesco.org Signing of a framework of cooperation for the peer review exercise in Mauritius ADEA and the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research of Mauritius signed a cooperation agreement for the peer review exercise in Mauritius, to be facilitated by the WG on Education Sector Analysis. The signing took place at Enghien-les-Bains during the ADEA Steering Committee meeting. The peer review exercise was launched in Mauritius in February 2005. The first phase of the exercise (self-evaluation) will focus on policies and how they have been implemented in relation to stated objectives. It will examine the issues of internal and external efficiency and dropouts. The self-evaluation exercise is also expected to contribute to how the non-formal and private sectors may be better integrated within the overall system. Ø For more information, contact Ibrahima Bah-Lalya, WGESA Coordinator, i.bah-lalya@iiep.unesco.org New directions for the WG on Distance Education and Open Learning (WGDEOL) At the May 2005 ADEA Steering Committee meeting at Enghien-les-Bains, WGDEOL expressed clearly its renewed enthusiasm to start working towards the consolidation of its other activities based on the strategic pillars – advocacy, capacity building and coordination. Since its inception, one strategic pillar, research, has been the focus of all its activities. It has yielded several quality reports, most of which have been published and widely disseminated. This has also provided a solid foundation on which its present and future activities will be based. The coordination meeting of the WGDEOL, held in Enghien-les-Bains at the same time as the ADEA Steering Committee meeting, provided fertile ground for discussion of such issues as communication between BREDA, the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research, Mauritius and the implementing agency, the Mauritius Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). The different stakeholders re-affirmed their commitment to the working group. The Steering Committee of this WG was held in two phases – on Monday, 23 May and again on 26 May. The WGDEOL presented its activities and strategic plan. One of its partners – RESAFAD (Reseau francophone de formation a distance) – demonstrated its positive results, which provided a possible example for future initiatives. Following this exercise, the coordinators of the different working groups had the opportunity to explore collaborative activities with FAWE, WGHE, WGTP and WGBLM. A reformulation of some WGDEOL activities, to be aligned with the 2006 Biennale themes, especially “Effective Schools”, is also envisaged. Ø For more information, contact Sushita Gokool-Ramdoo, GTEDAL Coordinator, sgramdoo@intnet.mu WGES mounts workshop on database development and web integration in Nairobi Ever since last year’s workshops organized by the Working Group on Education Statistics (WGES), it was clear there was a need for more practical training in this area, as confirmed by the annual questionnaire. Thus, a technical team at the nesis regional center in Harare, Zimbabwe, mounted a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, from 26 May to 3 June 2005, using training materials that it had specially created. 17 participants from 11 African countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe) took part. They acquired additional skills in design, development and web integration techniques as well as information retrieval, thus upgrading their knowledge of Education Management Information Systems (EMIS). Workshops like this one should improve the quality of data manipulation and statistical reports produced in African ministries of education. Ø For more information, contact Tegegn Nuresu Wako, WGES Interim Coordinator, t.nuresu-wako@unesco.org Kigali hosts annual conference of SMASSE-WECSA, coordinator of the WG on Mathematics and Science The Strengthening of Mathematics and Science Education in Western, Eastern, Central and Southern Africa association (SMASSE-WECSA), in conjunction with the Working group on Mathematics and Science Education (WGMSE) held its fifth regional conference between 30 May and 3 June 2005 in Kigali, Rwanda. The opening ceremony was presided by Prof. Romain Murenzi, Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research, Rwanda. Also attending were the Resident Representative of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for Rwanda and Kenya, Mr. Yoshihiko Kano, and the Executive Chairman and coordinator of SMASSE-WECSA, Mr. Bernard Njuguna, Twenty-seven African countries participated: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe. A total of 131 participants attended including representatives of professional groups of the WGMSE steering committee, the University of the Philippines, Japan, and NEPAD. The theme of the conference was “Enhancing classroom activities for quality mathematics and science education in Africa”. Among the activities was a classroom demonstration by teachers trained in Kenya ASEI/PDSDI (Activities, Students, Experiments, Improvisation) approach. Bernard Njuguna announced that the sixth regional conference would be held in Zimbabwe in 2006. Ø For more information, contact Bernard M. Njuguna, WGMSE Coordinator, bernardnjuguna@smasse.org In Accra, some twenty ministers adopt a communiqué for accelerating the pace of early childhood development activities The Third regional conference on early childhood development (ECD) took place in Accra, Ghana from 30 May to 3 June 2005. Organized by the ADEA Working Group on ECD and the Government of Ghana in collaboration with UNICEF, the World Bank, UNESCO, the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Development (CGECD) and the virtual university on ECD (ECDVU), the conference was divided into two parts: a technical meeting of three days and a two-day ministerial conference. The technical meeting focused on three priority areas: effective ways of providing care within families and communities; access to and use of good quality basic services; and what conditions and environments create good support policies. The ministerial conference, which included some twenty ministers or their representatives, examined the recommendations made by the technical meeting. At the end they adopted a communiqué reaffirming their commitment to early childhood development and approving the recommendations drawn up by the technical meeting to improve the care given to children, to ensure access and use of good quality basic services, and to develop a political environment favorable for ECD. The communiqué was presented to the vice-president of the Republic of Ghana by the Minister of Education of the Central African Republic on behalf of all the Ministers present. The conference was opened on 30 May by the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Mrs Agyekum Kufuor and closed on 3 June by the vice-president of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Mr Alhaji Aliu Mahama. Ø Press coverage Articles from PANA Ø The recommendations of the technical session Ø The communiqué adopted by the Ministers of Education Ø Information note on the conference Ø For more information, contact Jeanette Vogelaar, leader, WGECD, jeanette.vogelaar@minbuza.nl or Stella Etse, Coordinator, WGECD, setse@unicef.org |
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Seminar focuses on the ethics of international cooperation and human rights The international and inter-institutional seminar on "The ethics of international; cooperation and the effectiveness of human rights" was held from 12 to 14 May 2005 at the University of Bergamo (Italy) with participants from universities, development agencies and civil society in Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France, Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cuba. It was jointly organized by the UNESCO Chairs for Human Rights of the University of Bergamo, the University of Abomey-Calavi of Benin and the University of Friburg in Switzerland. The following topics were discussed: · The indivisibility of human rights and their "effectiveness" to each person as an ethical basis for international cooperation; · Cooperation and partnership: framework and principles; · The development of policies and the governance of systems: the links between governments and international organizations; · Towards a new model of cooperation for development: proposed guidelines; and · Towards a global and integrated vision of international cooperation: UNESCO’s contribution. By the end of the meeting, a number of forceful ideas were put forward: · The ethical foundation of international cooperation is based on the universality of human rights and the pooling of resources for making them a universal reality; · International relations based on force, imposition and substitution are contrary to this humanistic vision; · International law should define what juridical obligations States have with regard to human rights and thereby allow the ethical framework to be transformed into actions; · Non-governmental and civil society organizations whose mandates include human values and solidarity should be brought to bear on international cooperation and the "effectiveness" of human rights; and · International institutions should achieve greater legitimacy (parliamentary assembly) and greater participation by NGOs and organizations of civil society. ADEA’s Executive Secretary presented a paper on “New policies, new practices: founding principles for a code of conduct”. International forum on education journalism and global competition An international forum that brought together journalists from all over the world took place from 19 to 21 May 2005 in Sèvres (France). The conference theme was “Education and World Competition – Towards a Global Education Model?” The forum’s goal was to create a network of French and foreign journalists specialized in education issues and to improve their knowledge of systems elsewhere. The initiative came from a group of French journalists from different media, including Les Echos, Le Monde de L’Education, Liberation and Franco Info. Several had already been involved in the study tour activities offered to the winners of the ADEA Africa Education Journalism Award. Managed by the ADEA Working Group on Communication for Education and Development (WGCOMED), the Award recognizes the best articles on education written by African journalists and appearing in the African press. The encounter was opened by the French Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research. ADEA’s Executive Secretary participated in a workshop on effective schools. The Working Group on Communication for Education and Development was present throughout the forum and took full benefit of the opportunity to strengthen relations with its partners from the French press. Ø For more information, contact Thanh-Hoa Desruelles, Publications and Communication Officer, ADEA Secretariat, th.desruelles@iiep.unesco.org or Professor Opubor, WGCOMED Coordinator, comed@wanad.org |
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Reaching Out, Reaching All – Sustaining Effective Policy and Practice for Education in Africa and Promising Educational Responses to HIV/AIDS How can the educational policies and practices that have proved effective be expanded and made sustainable? This question, examined in depth by ADEA in 2000-2001, is reviewed in these pages, which bring together the major documents presented in Arusha (Tanzania) at the ADEA Biennale, in October 2001. Among the topics covered are: scaling up educational reforms; the role of communication for increasing participation by stakeholders; educational networks in Africa; review of leading educational programs; the impact of HIV/AIDS on education; and, identifying the most promising approaches for overcoming HIV/AIDS through education. Ø Reaching Out, Reaching All - Sustaining Effective Policy and Practice for Education in Africa and Promising Educational Responses to HIV/AIDS. Papers from the ADEA Biennial Meeting (Arusha, Tanzania, October 7-11, 2001). click here to download the publication Case study on improving the quality of nomadic education in Nigeria Nigeria has made great efforts to provide basic education to 3.1 million school-age children of the nomadic peoples of Nigeria. These migrant communities make their living by tending cattle, sheep and goats, and also by fishing. Prior to the interventions, the enrolment rate of nomads in formal and non-formal education was very low, and the illiteracy rate was between 0.2% and 2.0%. Nigeria’s National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE) is in charge of carrying out the Nomadic Education Program (NEP). It has developed more relevant curricula and teaching methods, created new materials using local languages, and constructed mobile, quick-assembly classrooms, motorboat schools and other suitable facilities for the nomads. Flexible academic calendars and hours that suit the learners have been implemented. NEP has also developed campaigns to build awareness around the importance of education and empowered members of the targeted communities to take responsibility for educating their children. The study was conducted by the federal Ministry of Education in Nigeria within the framework of ADEA’s study on Improving the Quality of Education in sub-Saharan Africa. Ø Improving the Quality of Nomadic Education in Nigeria: Going Beyond Access and Equity. ADEA, May 2005. Click here to download the publication Case study of Zambia’s primary reading program Zambia’s Primary Reading Program (PRP) uses a variety of approaches to teaching literacy. These include “Zambian New Breakthrough to Literacy”, which uses the seven local languages to teach initial literacy skills in Grade 1; “Step In To English”, an English literacy course that builds on the Grade 1 work; “Oral English Pathway” in Grades 1 and 2; and the “Read On” course, which develops reading and writing in English and Zambian languages in Grades 3-7. Reading and writing tests conducted in 1999 before the program started and repeated in 2002 show encouraging results. Generally the reading levels of pupils in Grades 1 and 2 have improved from 30% to 68%. Children are able to read at two grades above their expected grades in local Zambian languages and at their appropriate grades in English. The PRP has been rolled out from pilot stage to covering the whole country. The ministry also has a financial plan for sustaining the program after international assistance terminates. The study was conducted by Zambia’s Ministry of Education within the framework of ADEA’s study on improving the quality of education in sub-Saharan Africa. Ø Zambia’s Primary Reading Program (PRP): Improving Access and Quality Education in Basic Schools. ADEA, May 2005. Click here to download the publication WGNFE newsletter on non-formal education in Kenya The Working Group on Non-Formal Education (WGNFE) has just published a special issue of its newsletter on Kenya’s initiatives on behalf of non-formal education. It contains articles on the organization of non-formal education in Kenya and its relationship to formal education. In 2003, the Kenyan government adopted a policy of offering free primary education in an effort to move towards universal primary education. Although financial obstacles to education were thereby abolished, the classes are now oversubscribed. To cope with the situation, Kenya has opted for enrolling children in both the formal system and other complementary programs flexible enough to respond to a multiplicity of needs. The new unit responsible for non-formal education in the Ministry of Education has engaged various initiatives, including programs targeting children in pastoral communities and literacy projects in rural areas. Ø Newsletter of the ADEA Working Group on Non-Formal Education – Special issue, Spring 2005. Click here to download the newsletter Report of the WGNFE symposium on implementing alternative approaches The English version of this report of a symposium on the Implementation of Alternative Approaches in the context of Quality Education for All, organized in Burkina Faso by the ADEA Working Group on Non-Formal Education, is now available. The report reproduces papers presented at the symposium. The first part looks at theoretical issues and presents findings of a research carried out in Burkina Faso on indicators to measure the effectiveness of the right to education. The second part contains case studies from seven African countries (Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Ethiopia) showing the diversity and potential of non-formal education. Ø Achieving Education for All: The Case for Non-Formal Education – Report of a Symposium on the Implementation of Alternative Approaches in the Context of Quality Education for All, 2005. Click here to download the publicationMaiden issue of the newsletter of the ADEA Working Group on Education Statistics (WGES) The Working Group on Education Statistics (WGES) has now launched its newsletter. The main objective of WGES is help develop the capacity of ministers of education in using statistics and education-related information systems by improving methodologies used to collect, process, publish and disseminate statistical information. The Working Group’s activities are implemented through NESIS, the National Education Statistical Information Systems. This maiden issue (May 2005) is devoted entirely to NESIS activities for 2004. Ø NESIS Newsletter, Vol. 1, Number 1, May 2005. |
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Departure of several members of the ADEA Steering Committee ADEA is sorry to announce that the following members of its Steering Committee will be leaving: Nancy Foster (CIDA); Birger Fredriksen (World Bank); Heikki Kokkala (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland); Sissel Volan (Norad). We wish to thank them all for their dedication to ADEA and their valuable contributions to its work. |
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June 13, 2005 WGESA Steering Committee meeting The Steering Committee of the Working Group on Education Sector Analysis (WGESA) will be discussing ongoing and future activities, with special attention to its medium term strategy. In particular, the meeting will focus on the means and tools available for implementing the peer review exercise, formative research, and greater anchoring in Africa. Ø For more information, contact Ibrahima Bah Lalya, Coordinator, WGESA, i.bahlalya@iiep.unesco.org June 14-18, 2005 WGESA training workshop for Sahel countries The workshop, whose theme is “Formative research: Approaches to facilitate the use of research results by decision-makers and education program managers”, is intended for decision-makers and education program managers who will come from five Sahelian countries as well as from Tanzania and Zambia. It will provide an introduction to learning through research and how research results might be used by decision-makers and managers, especially those who work in the ministries of education. The approach is already being used in Europe, Southeast Asia and a few African countries. The workshop will be jointly organized with Niger, and will be run by members of the Working Group on Education Sector Analysis (WGESA) Steering Committee along with distinguished academics from Africa and Nepal. Ø For more information contact: Ibrahima Bah Lalya, Coordinator, WGESA, i.bahlalya@iiep.unesco.org June 28-30, 2005 Jury meeting for the 2005 Akintola Fatoyinbo Africa Education Journalism Award This year, the Working Group on Communication for Education and Development (WGCOMED) will hold the meeting of the Jury for the Africa Education Journalism Award in Accra, Ghana. The objective of the meeting is to select the best articles for the 2005 edition. The prize is given for the best articles on education written by African journalists and appearing in the African press. This year there will be six awards: two each for the best articles in English, French and Portuguese. Ø Link to website of the Africa Education Journalism Award Ø For more information, contact Professor Opubor, Coordinator, WGCOMED, comed@wanad.org July 4-8, 2005 WGTP Workshop on multigrade teaching This workshop, organized by the Working Group on the Teaching Profession (WGTP), will help make participants more aware of the potential that multi-grade classes offer to governments that are struggling to achieve universal primary education under difficult conditions and often without enough teachers. The workshop will also examine issues of implementation: what conditions are needed to ensure an effective transition; what are the best ways to proceed, especially in adapting curricula and programs for the professional development of teachers; and what training materials should be developed. Ø For more information contact: Virgilio Juvane, Coordinator, WGTP, v.juvane@commonwealth.int July 4-8, 2005
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on analysis of qualitative data for HIV/AIDS Ø For more information, contact Lucy Teasdale, IIEP, l.teasdale@iiep.unesco.org or Hamidou Boukary, Senior Program Specialist, ADEA Secretariat, h.boukary@iiep.unesco.org July 12-13, 2005 Working Group on Books Steering Committee meeting The meeting will be hosted by READ Education Trust, which has recently been entrusted with the responsibility for coordinating the activities of the WG on Books and Learning Materials. Main questions on the agenda: the working group's work plan for 2006 and its contribution to the next ADEA Biennial Meeting. Ø For more information, contact: Carew Treffgarne, leader, WGBLM, c-treffgarne@dfid.gov.uk August 3-5, 2005 Regional
conference on bilingual education and the use This conference, which is jointly organized by ADEA and GTZ (Germany) in partnership with the UNESCO Institute of Education (UIE), will be hosted by the Government of Namibia and take place in Windhoek. It will bring together experts on bilingual education and the use of local languages, representatives of Ministries of Education as well as representatives of GTZ, ADEA, UIE and various other agencies as a follow-up to the 2003 ADEA Biennial Meeting and in preparation for the next Biennale in 2006. The conference will provide the opportunity to reflect on a subject that is crucial for the development of education in Africa as well as to create a knowledge-base of good practices with regard to bilingual education and use of local languages. Ø For more information, contact Joris van Bommel, Program Specialist, ADEA Secretariat, j.vanbommel@iiep.unesco.org August 22-26, 2005
Workshop for teacher training colleges and departments The workshop is part of a program to create a network of teacher training institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. The program is supported by the Paul-Gerin-Lajoie Interuniversity Center (CIPGL) of the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) and a group of partners brought together by ADEA: the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA), the African Virtual University (AVU), and the World Bank. The WG on the Teaching Profession is also part of the consortium. The workshop’s theme will be "Reforms in the training of primary school teachers in sub-Saharan Africa within the framework of EFA programs". Ø For more information contact: Virgilio Juvane, Coordinator, WGTP, v.juvane@commonwealth.int September 7-9, 2005 Ministerial seminar on education for rural development ADEA, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)and the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education in Ethiopia are organizing a seminar in Addis Ababa that will address planning and policy issues affecting education for rural development in Africa. This seminar, scheduled for June 14-16, 2005, will bring together Ministers of Education, Agriculture and Rural Development from various African countries as well as representatives of the World Bank, FAO, IIEP/UNESCO, ADEA and other agencies as part of a general effort to make education in rural areas a top priority in national policies and aid strategies. Ø For more information, contact Joris van Bommel, Program Specialist, ADEA Secretariat, j.vanbommel@iiep.unesco.org |
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