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ADEA's "What's New" Archive
Consult the previous editions of the section What’s
New which were shown in the homepage of the ADEA’s Web site:
the information appears in chronological order starting from the most
recent event.
Date of storage
January 8, 2008
Education
to fight poverty and to promote rural development
November 24, 2007. Approximately 70% of Africa's population
lives in rural areas. These areas have the highest proportions of poor,
the majority of out-of-school children and the highest illiteracy rates,
with the attendant problems of compromised food security and health,
limited productivity, limited opportunities to improve livelihoods,
poor management of resources and of the environment. Education for rural
people is thus a strategic priority in the fight against extreme poverty,
hunger and illiteracy and for the promotion of rural development.
On November 28 and 29, a workshop on education for rural people in
Africa will be held at the headquarters of the FAO. The meeting is organized
jointly by ADEA and the FAO, with support from Italy's Directorate General
for Development Cooperation (DGCS) and in partnership with UNESCO, the
International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), France's Ministries
of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs and the World Bank Institute, France.
The workshop will consider the progress achieved since the September
2005 ministerial seminar on education for rural people held in Addis
Ababa. Discussions will also explore education and training to cope
with specific challenges, such as climatic shocks and climate change,
food security and sustainable resource management.
The participants will be senior officials from the Ministries of Education
and Agriculture of the following 11 countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia,
Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, South Africa,
Tanzania and Uganda.
The workshop is held within the framework of the FAO-UNESCO flagship
on Education for Rural People led by FAO, which ADEA has joined.
- More
on the Partnership in favor of Education for Rural People (ERP)
- Agenda,
documents and workshop press releases
December 10, 2007
November 24, 2007
Enlisting
the Regional Economic Communities’ support for Africa's Second Decade
of Education
A High-Level meeting of the regional economic Communities
(RECs) took place this week in Tunis, November 6-7, 2007. Convened by
the African Union, and organized in collaboration with ADEA, the African
Development Bank (AfDB) and UNESCO,
the meeting is one of the steps taken to ensure the successful implementation
of the Second Decade of Education Plan of Action. The Decade aims at
accelerating the qualitative transformation of African education systems
that will produce the human resources needed for the development of
a prosperous and peaceful Africa, integrated in the global world and
the knowledge economy.
Pillars of the African
Union, the RECs are the foundation for the integrated development
of Africa in all areas, including education. In this respect, they hold
a key position in the chain of actors, particularly in the articulation
between the national and continental levels. The RECs will be responsible
for facilitating implementation of the Plan of Action for the Second
Decade of Education through the development and implementation of regional
strategies.
Click here to download the following documents:
- Concept
Note
-
Plan of Action for the Second Decade of Education
- ADEA Working Group on Early Childhood Development
(WGECD) Steering Committee Meeting
November
21-24, 2007, Mombassa, Kenya
For
more information, please contact:
Ms. Stella ETSE at: setse@unicef.org
November 8, 2007
An
Observatory for Education in Africa
September 27, 2007: A key challenge facing Africa’s
ability to report on its human resource development achievements is
information gaps or “data blanks”. Most African countries lack the information
and data systems to support the efficient management, monitoring and
evaluation of their policies and their implementation. In light of this,
the African Union has decided to establish an Observatory that will
monitor Africa’s education achievements as well as the implementation
of the Plan of Action for its Second Decade of Education for Africa.
Two key partners have been called to join forces to support the AU in
setting up the Observatory: IPED (Pan African Institute for Education
and Development), based in Kinshasa and ADEA, which has three Working
Groups – on Statistics, on Finance and on Sector Analysis – that have
complementary technical and human resource skills to support implementation
of the Observatory.
A strategic area of intervention of the Observatory will be to spur
the development of efficient Education Management Information Systems
(EMIS) throughout Africa. ADEA’s Working Group on Education Statistics
(WGES) will be playing a key role in this area. This week, it hosted
a meeting at its headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe, during which a strategy
for implementing a continental EMIS was shared and discussed.
>>Click here for the – Agenda
of the meeting, Draft
Strategy Paper and Draft
Concept Note.
>>Links to these three ADEA Working Groups – on
Statistics (WGES), on
Finance (WGFE), and on
Sector Analysis (WGESA).
- Thematic
(Theme 2) Workshop in
preparation of the ADEA
2008 Biennale
October 29-30, 2007, Dakar, Senegal
For
more information, please contact: Mr. Robbert VAN DE WAERDT at:
r.vandewaerdt@iiep.unesco.org
October 23, 2007
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Thematic (Theme 3) Workshop in preparation of the ADEA
2008 Biennale
October 11-12, 2007, Accra, Ghana
For
more information, please contact: Mr. Robbert VAN DE WAERDT at:
r.vandewaerdt@iiep.unesco.org
- Thematic
(Theme 1) Workshop in
preparation of the ADEA
2008 Biennale
October 15-16, 2007, Accra, Ghana
For
more information, please contact: Mr. Robbert VAN DE WAERDT at:
r.vandewaerdt@iiep.unesco.org
- ADEA
Steering Committee Meeting
October 17-19, 2007, Ermenonville,
France (close outskirts of Paris)
For more information, please contact: Ms Sabine
DIOP at: s.diop@iiep.unesco.org
October 11, 2007
- ADEA Working Group on Communication for
Education and Development (WG COMED) Steering Committee Meeting
October 1-3, 2007, Paris, France
For
more information, please contact: Mr. Lawalley COLE at: l.cole@unesco.org
September 27, 2007
Renewing
Literacy in Africa
September 10, 2007: "Renewing Literacy to Face African
and International Challenges", a conference on literacy in Africa is
taking place in Bamako, Mali, September 10-12, 2007. Organized by UNESCO,
the meeting will review the situation on the continent where, on average,
less than 60 percent of adults can read or write.
The conference was opened today by the President of Mali, Amadou Toumani
Touré. ADEA's Executive Secretary, Mamadou Ndoye, delivered a
key note speech stressing the links between literacy and democracy
and the importance of literacy in African languages.
During the week, several round tables will be chaired by ADEA and its
Working Group on Non-formal Education (WGNFE). ADEA will also organize
a meeting for representatives of African Ministries of Education to
discuss the launching of an inter-country quality node on literacy.
>>Click
here for more information...
September 10, 2007
ADEA
extends its scope of activities to North Africa
ADEA, which hitherto has focused exclusively on sub-Saharan
Africa, will now cover the entire African continent. This development
is one of the consequences of the strengthened partnership between ADEA
and the African Union in the context of the implementation of the Second
Decade of Education for Africa, for which ADEA has been designated one
of the main players.
In extending its scope to include North Africa, ADEA welcomes five new
member countries: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. The wealth
of new contexts, experiences and expertise that these countries offer
will be invaluable to ADEA in its efforts to further the development
of African education systems.
August 30, 2007
Key
recommendations for Second Decade adopted by COMEDAF III in Johannesburg
COMEDAF III, the Conference of African Ministers of Education
of the African Union closed in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 10,
2007.
Focused on the implementation of the Plan of Action for the Second Decade
of Education in Africa, the conference adopted key recommendations to
ensure the success of the Decade, including the creation of a Trust
Fund for Education, Science and Technology that will be hosted at the
African Development Bank (AfDB).
The conference also recommended acceleration of the partnership between
the African Union and ADEA: finalization of the signing of the Protocol
Agreement between the African Union (AU) and ADEA; invitation of the
Ministers of Northern Africa to join ADEA and to participate actively
in its activities; exploration and implementation of modalities for
merging the ADEA and COMEDAF Bureaus of Ministers.
More
information on COMEDAF III...
Special issue of ADEA Newsletter published during COMEDAF
III: PDF
1, PDF
2, PDF
3, PDF
4;
August 13, 2007
The 3rd Session of the Conference of Ministers of Education
of the African Union (COMEDAF III) will take place in Johannesburg from
August 6th to 10th, 2007.
Implementation of the Plan of Action for the Second Decade of Education
for Africa - of which ADEA is a major partner - will be at the center
of discussions. Issues on the agenda will include strategies developed
for three focus areas of the Plan of Action: higher education, teacher
training, and technical and vocational education. The establishment
of an African Education Fund will also be discussed.
A side event of the conference will be an exhibition of teaching and
learning materials in the fields of mathematics and sciences. The exhibition
is organized by the African Union in collaboration with ADEA.
Draft
agenda of the meeting of Ministers
Draft agenda of the meeting of Experts
Information
on the exhibition
More
information on COMEDAF III...
August 2nd, 2007
ADEA
invites articles for the Fifth Akintola Fatoyinbo Journalism Award
ADEA calls African journalists to compete in the 5th edition
of the Akintola Fatoyinbo Africa Education Journalism Award. The award
recognizes the most outstanding articles on education in Africa, authored
by African journalists and published in the African press. It seeks
to encourage the development of both quality education journalism and
public debates in this domain.
Take-off of the competition was announced by Adama Samassékou, President
of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) in Bamako, Mali, against
the International Conference on School Fee Abolition: Planning for
Quality and Financial Sustainability. The Conference was held in
Bamako June 19-22, 2007 and was organized by ADEA, UNICEF and the World
Bank in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Mali.
How to participate;
Press
release on launch of the 5th competition;
More
information on the Africa Education Journalism Award ;
More information
on the International Conference on School Fee Abolition...
July 23, 2007
- ADEA Working Group on Communication for
Education and Development (WG COMED) Extra-Ordinary Steering Committee
Meeting
July 16-17, 2007, Paris, France
July 16, 2007
International
Conference on School Fee Abolition Ends in Bamako
Organized June 19-22, 2007, by ADEA, UNICEF and the
World Bank, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Mali,
the International Conference on School Fee Abolition: Planning
for Quality and Financial Sustainability ended in Bamako by the
adoption of a Declaration in which Ministers of education and finance
of the 23 countries attending the meeting reassert their "commitment
to attaining the goal of universal primary education by 2015".
The ministers' commitment is more concretely aimed at "doing whatever
is necessary so that no child is kept away from school because her/his
family does not have the financial resources to send him to school",
" to increase resources on the national level as well as the effectiveness
of their use", "to establish optimal policies" and to plan activities
that can "guarantee the success of the initiative to abolish school
fees".
The Ministers also requested greater support on the
part of their financial partners - the G8 countries, the IMF and other
donors - in order "to make quality universal education a reality"
and have "funding that is foreseeable, available over the long term
and compatible with our national education plans".
Bamako
Statement;
Press
Release;
More information on the Bamako Conference...
June 28, 2007
Focus
International
Conference on School Fee Abolition: Planning for Quality and Financial
Sustainability
June
19 - 22, 2007 (Bamako,
Mali)
The delegations
of 23 countries, 18 of them African, as well as experts and decision-makers,
representing intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations,
United Nations institutions, development cooperation agencies, financial
institutions and civil society organizations, are meeting in Bamako
June 19 to 22, 2007, to give new momentum to Education for All.
Over 150 participants are expected in Mali for the "International
Conference on School Fee Abolition: Planning for Quality and Financial
Sustainability", organized by ADEA, UNICEF, the World Bank and the
Ministry of Education of Mali.
The conference is in two parts. June 19 and 20 are devoted to technical
aspects starting with an overview of abolition of school fees worldwide.
At the end of these in-depth exchanges, which will enable the delegations
to review their country proposals and improve them, a policy meeting
will be held on June 21 and 22 during which Ministers of Education,
Ministers of Finance and decision-makers will reflect on modalities
to be implemented to remove the financial barriers on Education for
All.
Press
Release (June 15, 2007) ;
Opening
Speech of Mr NDOYE, the Executive Secretary of ADEA;
Press
Release ( June 19, 2007) ;
Press Release ( June 21, 2007);
Click here
to download the Conference Documents...
June 25, 2007
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International
Conference on School Fee Abolition: Planning for Quality and Financial
Sustainability
June
19 - 22, 2007 (Bamako,
Mali)
Convened by ADEA, UNICEF, the World Bank and Ministry of Education
of Mali
June 18, 2007
- ADEA Working Group on Education Sector
Analysis (WGESA) Seminar and Steering Committee Meeting
June 13-15, 2007 (Windhoek, Namibia)
- ADEA Working Group on Mathematics and
Science Education (WGMSE) Steering Committee Meeting
June 11, 2007 (Lusaka, Zambia)
June 15, 2007
Focus
Post-Primary
Education will be the focus of ADEA's next Biennale on Education in
Africa
ADEA is
pleased to announce the theme of the upcoming 2008 Biennale on Education
in Africa. Post-Primary Education has been identified as one of the
greatest challenges facing education systems in Africa. The Biennale
will address three major areas within this general theme: extension
of basic education to include lower secondary education; Technical and
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and labor markets in urban
and rural settings; and articulation between upper secondary and higher
education.
Initial exploration of the topic began with the Ad hoc Working Group
on Post-Primary Education (WGPPE), established in November of 2004 to
address the growing needs in light of achievements of universal primary
education. Several meetings have been organized since in preparation
of the Biennale.
The Biennale on Education in Africa, which unites nearly 500 participants,
serves as the most significant educational event for the African region.
Ministers of Education from sub-Saharan Africa, bilateral and multilateral
development agencies, experts from Ministries and universities, as well
as representatives from civil society are each invited to participate
in the Biennale. The 2008 Biennale seeks to provide the educational
community of Africa with the research, tools, and capacity to advance
post-primary education across the continent.
May 16,
2007
Just Released
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The
Challenge of Learning: Improving the Quality of Basic Education
in Sub-Saharan Africa
Document prepared for the 2003 ADEA Biennial Meeting. (Grand
Baie, Mauritius, December 3-6, 2003).
Download the full document in PDF Format, 3 408 Ko
Edited by VERSPOOR, Adriaan. Contributions by DEMBÉLÉ, M.;
GREANEY, V.; KELLAGHAN, T.; MINGAT, A.; MOULTON, J.; NAIDOO,
J.; NDOYE, M.; OXENHAM, J.; SCHUBERT, J.; SEDEL, C.; VAN UYTHEM,
B.
ADEA Secretariat, 2005. ISBN: 92-9178-049-9. Also exists in
French.
A summary of this book also exists (ISBN: 92-9178-052-9)
Click
here to download the Introduction to chapter 4 of the document
in PDF format, 937 Ko
Click
here to download chapters 5-8 of the document in PDF format,
613 Ko
Click here to download Chapters 9-14 of the document in PDF
format, 701 Ko
Click
here to download the Appendix of the document in PDF format,
190 Ko
A
summary of this book also exists (PDF Format 589 Ko)
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Upcoming Meetings
- ADEA WG Leaders and Coordinators Meeting
May 10 - 11, 2007 (Paris, France)
May 7, 2007
Upcoming Meetings
April 12,
2007
Upcoming Meetings
- ADEA WGFE Steering Committee Meeting
March 27, 2007 (Brazzaville, Republic of
Congo)
- ADEA Steering Committee Meeting
March 28-30, 2007 (Brazzaville, Republic
of Congo)
- Third Conference on Secondary Education in
Africa (SEIA)
Organized by the Africa Region Human Development (AFTHD),
the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA),
and the World Bank Institute (WBI)
April 1 - 4, 2007 (Accra, Ghana)
Website: http://www.worldbank.org/afr/seia
Registration: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/wbi_learning/sec/form_e.cfm?sch_id=EDU07-01-045
- ADEA Workshop: Preparing the 2008 Biennale
on Education in Africa
April 5-6, 2007 (Accra, Ghana)
- ADEA WGHE Steering Committee Meeting
April 5-6, 2007 (Accra, Ghana)
February
22, 2007
Focus
Launching
of African Union Second Decade of Education for Africa
ADEA organizes Exhibition of African Teaching and Learning Materials
for COMEDAF Meeting in Maputo
Maputo,
Mozambique, September 4-8, 2006: ADEA has
organized an exhibition of teaching and learning materials with the
support of its Books Working Group and the African Publishers Network
(APNET) and in close collaboration with UNESCO Bureau of Education in
Dakar, the UNESCO Maputo Office and the Ministry of Education and Culture
of Mozambique. The exhibition was held in Maputo, Mozambique, September
4-8, parallel to the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African
Union (COMEDAF) for the launching of the Plan of Action for the Second
Decade of Education for Africa.
Books and other teaching and learning material from twenty-five African
countries - in English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Kiswahili and more
than thirty other African languages - were presented at the exhibition
which took place at the Joaquin Chissano Conference Centre. Curriculum
and teaching and learning materials is one of the 7 focus areas of the
Second Decade's Action Plan which seeks the acceleration of education
development as an essential condition to fulfill the African Union's
vision of an integrated, peaceful and prosperous Africa.
The exhibition sought to draw attention to the importance of books and
material for African education systems and to enable countries to exchange
experiences. Research shows indeed that textbooks in core subjects for
all children and teachers' guides are among the most cost-effective
inputs for improving learning at school.
Special emphasis was given to Mathematics, Science and Technology -
which the African Union considers as key to poverty eradication and
to Africa's development and participation in the global economy - and
material in African languages - which are essential to support mother-tongue
instruction, the development of people's culture and the strengthening
of links between schools and communities.
Material pertaining to various other subjects was also displayed including
Agriculture, HIV/AIDS, Languages, History, Geography, Life skills, Business
studies, Gender issues and Alternatives to Violence.
The exhibition deliberately focused on material coming from African
publishers, underscoring efforts made throughout the continent and the
need to support African publishing.
The exhibition was also an opportunity for viewing films related to
education, culture, new communication technologies and gender issues.
February 9, 2007
- Workshop on Non Formal Education
ADEA Working Group on Non Formal Education (WGNFE)
February 6-9, 2007 (Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso)
December
22, 2006
- Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Communication
for Education (Network Focal Points)
December 12-15, 2006 (Cotonou, Benin)
December 13, 2006
Upcoming Meetings
- Joint ADEA
WGDEOL and WGTP Workshop on the integration of ITC and Distance Education
in Teacher Training
December 6-9, 2006 (Dakar, Senegal)
- ADEA Ad Hoc Working Group on Post Primary
Education (Ad Hoc WGPPE) Technical Meeting
December 7-8, 2006 (Paris, France).
More on
the Ad Hoc WGPPE...
December 6, 2006
- ADEA Working Group on Early Childhood
Development (WGECD) Steering Committee Meeting
November 30, 2006 (Dakar, Senegal)
November 9, 2006
>>Click here for
ADEA Calendar of Meetings
Just Released
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- Impact
of the Primary Education Reform Program (PERP) On the Quality of Basic
Education in Uganda
Download
the full document in PDF Format, 1 026 Ko
by EILOR, Joseph ; WEVA, Kabule (Country Coordinator)
and KINYANJUI, Kabiru (ADEA Coordinator)Members of the country team:
HE. OKURUT, Martin OPOLOT, Cathbert MULYALYA, Jane NANSAMBA, J. NAKAYENGA,
C. ZALWANGO, O. OMONGIN, O. NANTUME, F. APOLOT
Research conducted by the Ministry
of Education and Sports, Uganda. African Experiences Country Case
Studies series No.9. ADEA Secretariat. 2005. Also exists in French.
October
4, 2006
Upcoming Meetings
- ADEA Working Group on Communication for
Education and Development (WG COMED) Steering Committee Meeting
October 2-3, 2006, Dakar, Sénégal
September 20, 2006
Focus
The
Libreville Biennale on Education calls on Africa to establish a new
social contract for education
(March 27-31,
2006, Libreville, GABON)
More and Better Education:
What Makes Effective Learning in Schools and in Literacy and Early
Childhood Development Programs?
Libreville,
March 31, 2006 - Africa today should undertake
to formulate a new social contract for education in order to meet the
major challenge of African development. This is the message conveyed
by the 7th Biennale on Education in Africa, which was opened on March
27 at the International Conference Center in Libreville by the head
of state of Gabon, President Omar Bongo Ondimba, and his guest of honor,
the head of state of Cape Verde, President Pedro Pires.
At the invitation of the Association for the Development of Education
in Africa (ADEA), over 475 participants spent a week discussing ways
and means of providing more and better education, while trying to answer
the crucial question of how to ensure effective learning in schools,
literacy programs and early childhood development programs.
The discussions gave rise to a series of recommendations based on the
central assumption that successful education depends not only on financial
resources, but also on effective and ongoing advocacy work, the establishment
of strategic partnerships and, most important, political will. (Excerpt
from: Final
Press Release 31/03/2006).
Presentation of conclusions of in-depth parallel
sessions:
Presentation
and discussion of conclusions on Literacy (PowerPoint)
Presentation
and discussion of conclusions on Effective Schools (PowerPoint)
Presentation
and discussion of conclusions on ECD (PowerPoint)
Overall observations:
A
New Education Compact (PowerPoint)
The
Executive Secretary of ADEA (PowerPoint)
Please click here for the 2006
Biennale Papers
List of Participants: Dowload
the Final list of Participants
(PDF Document, 133 Ko)
June 15, 2006
Upcoming Meetings
-
ADEA
WGMSE Meeting
and Steering Committee
May
29-31, 2006,
Dakar,
Senegal
For more information please contact:sugiyama@jica.go.jp
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ADEA
WGESA Formative
Research Seminar and Steering Committee
May
29 - June 1rst, 2006,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
For more information
please contact: i.bah-lalya@iiep.unesco.org
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ADEA
WGTP Steering
Committee Meeting
May
25-26, 2006,
Nairobi, Kenya
For more information
please contact: v.juvane@commonwealth.int
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ADEA
Workshop of the Ad hoc WG on Policy Dialogue
May
18-19, 2006,
Paris, France
For more information please contact: th.desruelles@iiep.unesco.org
May 10, 2006
Just Released
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- An approach in improving quality in Mauritania.
African Experiences Country
Case Studies Series. ADEA Secretariat, 2005.
Click here to download the publication in PDF format,
620 Ko
(currently available in French only)
- Practicing Critical Reflection in Teacher
Education in Namibia.
African Experiences Country Case Studies Series.
ADEA Secretariat,2005. Click
here to download the publication in PDF format, 617 Ko
- Newsletter of the country WG on non-formal
education of senegal (June, 2005).
Click
here to download the publication in PDF format, 260 Ko (available
in French only)
- Case study on improving the quality of nomadic
education in Nigeria
Improving the
Quality of Nomadic Education in Nigeria: Going Beyond Access and Equity.
ADEA, May 2005.
Click
here to download the publication in PDF format, 260 Ko
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- Maiden issue of the new newsletter of the ADEA
Working Group on Education Statistics (WGES)
NESIS Newsletter, Vol.
1, Number 1, May 2005. Download
the full Newsletter in PDF format, 359 Ko
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May 4, 2006
April 24, 2006
News
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New Chair for the Ministers Bureau
ADEA’s Bureau of Ministers has a new interim Chair: the Honorable
Mrs. Rosalie Kama Niamayoua, Minister of Education for the Congo.
More information ...
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Joris Van Bommel leaves ADEA Secretariat
Joris van Bommel, ADEA program officer from August 2003 to January
2006, has left the Secretariat ...More
information...
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New Coordinator
for the WG on Mathematics and Science Education
... we are pleased to welcome Mr. Obadiah Maganga,
WGMSE’s new coordinator...More
information...
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New Coordinator for the WG on Books and
Learning Materials
Beulah Thumbadoo
has joined the Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (WGBLM).
More
information...
Focus
ADEA 2006 Biennale
on
Education in Africa
( March 27-
31, 2006, Libreville, GABON)
More
and Better Education:
What Makes Effective Learning in Schools and in Literacy and Early
Childhood Development Programs?
ADEA
will hold its seventh Biennial Meeting in Libreville, Gabon, March
27 - 31. The Biennale of Education in Africa is unquestionably the
most important meeting of the educational cooperation community in
sub-Saharan Africa. Some 450 participants are expected, including
all ministers responsible for education and training in sub-Saharan
Africa, all multilateral and bilateral cooperation agencies working
in the education sector in Africa, African and international NGOs/CSOs,
and education specialists from education ministries, universities,
research institutions and networks.
The 2006 Biennale is fully
in line with the international and African movement to promote the
virtuous circle of education and development, because it is based
on one of the main lessons drawn from the analysis of successful experiences
in Africa (the 1999 Biennale): the combination of broader access,
increased equity and improved quality is both a necessary condition
and a key factor for the success of development-oriented education
policies.
While significant progress
has been made in terms of access to schooling in Africa (currently
9 out of 10 children begin school), repetition and dropout rates remain
extremely high, and primary school completion rates and acquisition
levels very low. The fact that out of 100 children who begin school
only 60 complete their primary education underscores the mediocre
performance of education systems. Rates of effectiveness in education
in Africa today are among the lowest worldwide and indicate where
the priorities of education policies should lie. Consequently, there
is a need for more attention to and investment in the quality of efforts
made to achieve education for all. For this reason, the Biennial will
pursue policy dialogue on the improvement of quality in education
by articulating it to the theme and objective of reinforcing the effectiveness
of learning: effective literacy programs, effective schools and ECD
programs that can be scaled up.
Please click here for more
information:
2006 Biennale Website ( Draft
Agenda of the Biennale , Biennale Papers ; Practical Information and
more... )
March 15,
2006
February 21, 2006
- Seminar on adapting curricula
12
- 15 December, 2005, Cotonou, Benin.
The issue of quality, whether posed in terms of
effectiveness, relevance or equity of learning, is today one of the
major challenges facing the development of education in Africa. What
do pupils learn? Why do they learn? How well do they learn? Are the
specific conditions of the learning process of groups such as the
most disadvantaged pupils or girls taken into account? These crucial
issues challenge the relevance and the effectiveness of the curricula
provided to girls and boys at the school level. In view of addressing
these issues, ADEA, the Intergovernmental Agency for Francophonie
(AIF) and UNESCO's Regional Bureau of Education at Dakar (BREDA),
with the technical support of both the International Bureau of Education
(IBE) and CEPEC International, are organizing a seminar on adapting
curricula.
The seminar will be held in Cotonou, Benin, on
December 12 - 15, 2005. In addition to representatives of these bodies,
ten African countries have been invited to take part in the seminar.
These are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo Brazzaville, Djibouti, Republic
of Guinea, Namibia, Niger, Mali, Senegal and Zambia.
More
information...
February 11, 2006
Upcoming Meetings
- WGECD Steering Commitee Meeting
19-21 January 2006, Maputo, Mozambique.
More
information...
December 20, 2005
Upcoming Meetings
December 4,
2005
Focus
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Ministerial Seminar
on Education for Rural People in Africa
September 7-9, 2005, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
The Ministerial Conference on Education for Rural People ended
on Friday 9 September in Addis Ababa. The seminar has allowed
the ministers to present a Communiqué containing their recommendations.
The Hon. Mr. Teshome Yizengaw, Vice-Minister for Higher Education
of Ethiopia, lauded the seminar that has « fostered new partnerships
and alliances amongst African countries and has clearly demonstrated
our common vision and dedication to design African strategies
for African problems.» According to Mrs. Villareal of FAO
« One of the main objectives of the ministerial seminar on
Education for Rural People has been achieved: Ministers of education,
agriculture, fisheries and rural development and high-level officials
from eleven African countries have agreed to join efforts to enhance
education in rural areas».
The Executive Secretary of
ADEA, Mr. Mamadou Ndoye declared: "Countries now have two obligations.
First, they must implement affirmative action policies to correct
inequalities between urban and rural areas. Second, they must
develop responses that are adapted to the demands of rural peoples
and which are relevant and quality focused." The
Executive Secretary also stressed the need to engage partners
going beyond the education sector. "Education programs cannot
be relevant if they are not articulated to development programs.
Hence the need for inter-sectoral approaches to education."
December 2nd, 2005
Upcoming Meetings
- Review Meeting on Literacy Studies
for ADEA Biennial
November 14-17, 2005, Dakar, Senegal. More
information...
November 21rst,
2005
Upcoming Meetings
ADEA Activities
- Review Meeting on Literacy Studies
for ADEA Biennial
November 14-17, 2005, Dakar, Senegal. More
information...
November
1rst, 2005
Upcoming Meetings
Other Activities
International Teacher Education Forum
East China Normal University & UNESCO
Shanghai, China
October 25,
2005
Upcoming Meetings
Other Activities
- October 24 - 25, 2005
AFIDES Biennial 2005
Paris, France
Theme : The quality of education –
Road to excellence for all : what role for directors?
Organised by the "Association francophone internationale des
directeurs d'école, (AFIDES) ".
- Global Forum on Education
OECD
24 - 25 October 2005, Santiago de Chile,
Contact: Bernard.HUGONNIER@oecd.org
- General Conference of UNESCO
3 - 21 October 2005, Paris, France
Web Site: www.unesco.org
ADEA's Activities
- WGECD Steering Commitee Meeting
19-20 October, 2005, Paris, France.
More information...
October
19, 2005
Recent Publications
October 10,
2005
Upcoming Meetings
- ADEA Steering Commitee Meeting
28-30 September, 2005, Paris, France.
More
information (Members Only Area)...
- Workshop of the Ad hoc WG on Policy
Dialogue
October 1-2, 2005, Paris, France. More
information
Other Activities
- Nairobi International Book Fair
21 - 25 September, 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
- International Invitational Educational Policy Research Conference
IIEP / SACMEQ
28 September - 2 October 2005, Paris, France
Web Site: www.sacmeq.org
September
16, 2005
Upcoming Meetings
- WGES workshop on databases
August 28 - September 9, 2005, Harare, Zimbabwe.
More
information…
- ADEA WG BLM Steering Committee Meeting
7-8 September, 2005, Johannesburg, South
Africa. More
information…
- ADEA WG COMED Steering Committee Meeting
12 - 13 September, 2005, Nairobi,
Kenya. More
information…
September
8, 2005
Upcoming Meetings
-
ADEA WGFE Steering Committee
Meeting and Policy Dialogue Conference
1 - 2 September, 2005, Kampala,
Uganda.
More information…
September
1rst, 2005
Focus
Regional Conference
on Bilingual Education and the use of Local Languages
August 3-5, 2005, Windhoek, Namibia.
The
Regional Conference on Bilingual Education and the Use of Local Languages
in African Education Systems came to an end today (August 5, 2005)
in Windhoek. The closing ceremony took place in the morning, in the
presence of Namibia’s deputy minister for education, H.E. Mrs.
Becky Ndjoze-Ojo; the Executive Secretary of the ADEA, Mr. Mamadou
Ndoye; the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE), Mr.
Adama Ouane; and Mr. Georg Mades, representing the GTZ.
Final
Press Release (August 5, 2005)
;
Speech of the Executive Secretary of the ADEA;
Press Release (4/08/05)
; Press
Release (3/08/05);
Click here for more information (Agenda, Draft Working Document and
Press Release 27/07/05)
Upcoming Meetings
-
ADEA
WGTP/ UQAM Workshop / Seminar for teacher training
colleges and departments of education
August 22-26, 2005, Dakar, Senegal.
More
information…
-
Regional WGTP workshop
on professional development tools for teachers
August 3-5, 2005, Cotonou, Benin. More
information…
- Regional Conference on Bilingual
Education and the use of Local Languages
August 3-5, 2005, Windhoek, Namibia.
More
information...
July 22, 2005
Focus
Jury
2005 Meeting of the Akintola Fatoyinbo Africa Education Journalism
Award
28 - 30 June, 2005, Accra, Ghana.
Launched by ADEA in 1999, the
Akintola Fatoyinbo Africa Education Journalism Award recognizes every
year the best articles on education written by African journalists
and published in the African press. This year, for the fourth edition,
741 articles were received in English, French and Portuguese. The
members of the jury, who met last week in Accra to select the final
articles, have announced the results of the competition on Thursday
30 June 2005 in the presence of the Minister of Education of Ghana.
The winners are from Angola and Cap Verde (1 rst and 2nd prize for
articles in Portuguese), Benin and Senegal ( for articles in French),
and Nigeria and Kenya (for articles in English).
Press
Release 1 (Accra, June 27, 2005)...
Press
Release 2 (Accra, June 30, 2005) : Results of the competition...
Press
Release : Versão em português
Direct link to the
Web site
Upcoming Meetings
- Workshop on multigrade teaching
4 – 7 July, 2005, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
More
information…
- Workshop on qualitative data analysis
for HIV/AIDS and Education
July 4-8, 2005 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
More
information…
Other Activies
- FIPF Colloque
29 June - 1 July, 2005, Paris, France
"Partnership in national and french
languages in francophone African education systems".
- 3rd FAPE Congress
5 – 9 July, 2005, Brazzaville, Congo
- 7th World Convention of the International
Confederation of Principals (ICP)
10 – 14 July, 2005, Cape Town, South Africa
Click
here for more information ...
- Sixth FAWE General Assembly
14 – 15 July, 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
Web Site: www.fawe.org
- Sixth Meeting of the Working Group on Education for All
UNESCO
19 – 20 July, 2005, Paris, France
Web Site: www.unesco.org
June 27,
2005
EFA Regional Forum Dakar +5
13 – 15 June, Dakar, Senegal.
The World Education Forum which
was held in April 2000 in Dakar has given a new impetus to the EFA
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