News New president for the Ministers Bureau The ADEA Ministers Bureau has a new interim president: the Honorable Mrs. Rosalie Kama Niamayoua, Minister of Education for the Congo. Mrs. Niamayoua was chosen by the ministers present at ADEA's last Steering Committee meeting in Paris. She replaces the Honorable Mr. Louis Steven Obeegadoo, who has left the Mauritius Ministry of Education. Hon. Niamayoua will hold the presidency until the next Biennial Meeting of ADEA in March 2006, at which time the Ministers will meet to elect a new president. New members of the ADEA Steering Committee ADEA wishes to welcome the new members of its Steering Committee: The Hon. Mrs Chinwe Nora Obaji, Minister of Education in Nigeria, the Hon. Mr Aires Bonifacio Baptista Ali, Minister of Education and Culture of Mozambique, Mrs Anne Banwell, of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Mr Jussi Karakoski, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, and Mrs Bente Nilson of the Norwegian agency for cooperation and development (Norad). Joris van Bommel leaves ADEA Secretariat Joris van Bommel, ADEA program officer from August 2003 to January 2006, has left the Secretariat to assume a post with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. ADEA wishes Mr. Van Bommel every success in his new position. New coordinator for WG on Mathematics and Science Education Mr. Bernard Njuguna, Coordinator for the Working Group on Mathematics and Science Education (WGMSE) since 2004 when the Working Group was created has left the Working Group. ADEA thanks Mr. Njuguna for the excellent work he has carried to implement WGMSE and launch its activities in 2005. We wish all the best to Mr. Njuguna in his future endeavors and we are pleased to welcome Mr. Obadiah Maganga, WGMSE’s new coordinator, within the ADEA network. Mr. Obadiah Maganga can be reached at: info@smasse.org New coordinator for WG on Books and Learning Materials Beulah Thumbadoo has joined the Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (WGBLM). Along with READ Educational Trust, she will be responsible for coordinating WGBLM's activities. Ms. Thumbadoo was awarded a prestigious Ashoka fellowship in 2000 for her public entrepreneurship in getting the Department of Education to launch a national reading campaign, Masifunde Sonke. Other initiatives undertaken by Ms. Thumbadoo include the ERA (Easy Reading for Adults) African Languages Series, the ERA Book Box (ERA library) and a reading supplement for newly literate adults in a weekly newspaper. Ms. Thumbadoo continues her reading activism and work in education through the establishment in 2001 of Beulah Thumbadoo & Associates.

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