The Minister of Education of Ghana, Hon. Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum, delivered a passionate appeal to fellow policymakers in Africa to ramp up efforts towards addressing the continent’s learning crisis. He made this appeal on Monday 16th September 2024, during a webinar on Innovative Pedagogies on Foundational Learning, organized by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the Learning Generation Initiative (LGI) of the Education Development Centre (EDC). Dr.
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On Monday September 23, continental and global leaders converged in New York, on the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), to evaluate Africa’s learning crisis and successful initiatives that can help it reverse poor learning outcomes. At a side event co-organized by ADEA, VvoB, Hempel Foundation, Human Capital Africa (HCA), and TaRL Africa, ministers, diplomats, senior policymakers, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs all agreed on the need for urgent action to unlock a massive economic opportunity for the world’s youngest continent.
Read moreADEA, Monday, May 27, 2024 - 08:17On Wednesday May 21st, 2024, on the margins of the Education World Forum (EWF) in London, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and Human Capital Africa (HCA) hosted a powerful breakfast meeting of African Ministers of Education, with the support of development partners from the Global Coalition on Foundational Learning. It was a showcase of the growing commitment from African policymakers to lead the response to the learning crisis on the continent. This builds on the announcement last week of the decision of His Excellency Mr.
Read moreADEA, Monday, May 27, 2024 - 08:18Zambia’s Minister of Education, Hon.
Read moreADEA, Friday, May 10, 2024 - 18:56All is set for the official launch of the national and continental version of the 2023 Spotlight Report series tagged Born to Learn. The study will be unveiled on the 7th of May at the 2024 Conference of the African Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities, during a session hosted by Honourable Douglas Munsaka Syakalima: MP, the Minister of Education, Zambia.
Read moreADEA, Monday, May 6, 2024 - 20:26The President of the Republic of Zambia, His Excellency, Mr Hakainde Hichilema has accepted to be the Champion of Foundational Learning (FL) in Africa. This is a major milestone in FL advocacy. In a letter dated 18th April 2024, from the Ministry of Education Zambia and addressed to ADEA, the President acknowledged the honour of being the face of FL in Africa.
Read moreADEA, Monday, May 6, 2024 - 22:01ADEA and UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (UNESCO GEMR) launched a new country report on Thursday 18th April, that places the spotlight on foundational literacy and numeracy in Uganda. This was on the margins of the Foundations for Learning Conference organised by the Aga Khan University in Kampala. GEMR and ADEA collaborated with the Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports to conduct the study that resulted in the country report.
Read moreADEA, Monday, May 27, 2024 - 08:39In celebrating the African Union Year of Education (AU YoE), the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and Education Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA) unite to spotlight the power of research in advancing the agenda of early skill acquisition in Africa. The aim is not only addressing the acute learning crisis but also building a robust knowledge foundation to inform sustainable solutions.
Read moreADEA, Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 09:38Urge the African Union to put foundational learning at the heart of the African Union Year of Education, and for governments to prioritize the use of data and evidence to drive informed, cost-effective, and system-wide interventions that can be implemented using existing resources.
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