Conference for African Ministers of Finance and of Education
The Conference for African Ministers of Finance and of Education on “Sustaining the Education and Economic Momentum in Africa amidst the Current Global Financial Crisis”, jointly organized by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, with the support of the partners of the Fast Track Initiative (FTI), ended in Tunis yesterday.
The Conference brought together forty-four African Ministers of Finance and of Education from twenty-eight countries to consider a topic of major concern: how to maintain, against the backdrop of the global economic recession, the progress achieved in the education sector over the past decade while at the same time ensure that investments in education help sustain and accelerate economic growth and social development in Africa?
The Ministers of Finance and of Education emphasized the interactive relationship between education and economic growth, underlining the crucial role played by education and training in economic growth, social cohesion and democracy. They consequently acknowledged the mutual responsibility and accountabibility of Ministers of Finance and of Education for educational progress and, by the same token, the need for cooperation between these two sectors. The ministers also recommended dialogue as a means to identify priorities and/or types of expenditure that should be maintained if the achievements of the sector are to be sustained.
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