ADEA and the African Union Commission (AUC) launch two series of publications during COMEDAF VI

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) launched two series of publications in Yaoundé on April 24. The launch session took place during the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (COMEDAF VI), which was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon on April 21st to 25th, 2014.

The first series includes the African Union Education Outlook 2014 reports, produced by the ADEA Working Group on Education Management and Policy Support (WGEMPS) for the African Union. The reports measure the progress made by Africa as a whole and by its sub-regions in the eight priority areas of the African Union’s Plan of Action of the Second Decade of Education in Africa. The eight areas are as follows: gender and culture; education management information systems (EMIS); teacher development; tertiary education; technical and vocational education and training; curricula and teaching; quality management; and early childhood development.

The African Union Education Outlook 2014 reports:
•    AU Outlook on Education Report - Continental Report
•    AU Outlook on Education Report - Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
•    AU Outlook on Education Report Southern African Development Community (SADC)
•    AU Outlook on Education Report Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS)
•    AU Outlook on Education Report - East African Community (EAC)

The second series includes the ADEA Triennale publications on critical skills for the accelerated, sustainable development of Africa. These publications describe and issue recommendations on the critical skills that education and training systems should develop to produce the human capital that Africa needs for accelerated, sustainable development.

The ADEA Triennale publications:
•    General Synthesis of the 2012 ADEA Triennale on Education and Training in Africa
•    Common Core Skills for Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development in Africa
•    Lifelong Technical and Vocational Skills Development for Sustainable Socioeconomic Growth in Africa 
•    Lifelong Acquisition of Scientific and Technological Knowledge and Skills for the Sustainable Development of Africa in the Context of Globalization
•    Proceedings of the 2012 ADEA Triennale on Education and Training in Africa

(See Press release)