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Photo: from left to right: Director of UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Ann Therese Ndong-
Jatta, Assistant Director General of UNESCO Africa Department, Edouard Firmin Matoko, Deputy Director General of UNESCO, Mr. Getachew Engida, and Minister of Education of Kenya, Amina Mohammed.
Message of the Director Dear
Colleagues
and
Partners,
Last week we had a successful Pan African High Level Conference on Education, where Ministers of Education of Africa, along with UN agencies, representatives and experts of Education from African countries and NGOs shared their expertise and lessons learned about the implementation of SDG4. Ministers also shared best practices from their national education plans and strategies, and strategized on the continued implementation of the Continental Education Strategy for Africa 2016-2025. Fruitful and interesting parallel sessions on digital technologies as vectors for quality education, the status of teachers in Africa with a view to identify best practices for replication and up-scaling, learning assessment and the importance of data through regional knowledge-sharing and capacity building networks took place. Moreover, the essential role of teachers and professional standards were highlighted, as well as the role ofpedagogical use of ICTs in facilitating learners to reach learning targets and
outcomes. It is important to remember that 21st century African Economies will be impacted by technology, innovation and greening of the global economy, as well as the rapid growth of the youth population. Young people should be skilled to work in digital technologies across the continent and have access to career guidance about the demands of the labor market. Parallel sessions also covered sessions on technical, entrepreneurial training and youth employmentto ensure more productivity, stronger economies and economic growth across the continent. Finally, the conference explored sustainable Innovative financing mechanisms for effective partnerships, coordination at national, regional and continental levels. Ways of ensuring a more equitable reallocation of resources, aimed at inclusive and equitable
quality
education
for
all
were
discussed.
During the Interministerial meeting on 27 April 2018, Ministries of Education and the African Union endorsed the Nairobi Declaration and Call for Action on Education. Morocco also presented its candidature to host PACE2020, the second edition of the Pan African High Level conference on Education in order to ensure continued sharing of experiences, lessons learned, success stories on progress to SDG4 and
CESA16-25.
PACE was also a good example of UNESCO’s coordination among UNESCO Headquarters Education Sector, the 5 regional offices in Africa and the Arab States and UNESCO Institutes. I would like to thank all the colleagues for their efforts and hard work that cumulated in the Nairobi Declaration and Call for Action
on
Education.
UNESCO also participated in the same week in the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa retreat that was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 24 to 27 April 2018. UNESCO contributed to the review of the existing program and cluster systems and stands ready to participate in the implementation of identified priorities,
in
line
with
Agenda
2063.
Finally, I would also like to wish you a prosperous World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2018. This year we will celebrate the day with the theme ‘Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law’. The day will also be globally celebrated in Ghana, during which the UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World
Press
Freedom
Prize
I
wish
you
a
Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta
will
be successful
awarded. week
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News of the week
NEW! Nairobi Declaration and Call for Action on Education endorsed by Ministers of Education in Africa, during the Pan African High Level Conference on Education, PACE2018, 25-27 April 2018, in English and in French
Research professors from higher education institutions in Madagascar are working on Open Educational Resources (OER), in EN & FR Training to incorporate disaster and risk reduction into educational plans and strategies in Madagascar, in EN & FR The popularization of the Malagasy Engineering Guide - Harmonization of Training and Certification on track, in EN & FR
Missions Lamin Abdul Rahman Search for a Region-Wide Security Arrangement in the Horn of Africa Conference Djibouti 28 to 29 April 2018 Jaco Du Toit World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Tanzania Dar es Salaam/Dodoma & follow-up to CFIT 30 April to 6 May 2018 Karalyn Monteil First national workshop on community based inventories of intangible cultural heritage, Juba, South Sudan 2 to 4 May 2018
Upcoming events International Jazz Day in Eastern Africa (30 April) Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles Somalia and Tanzania World Press Freedom Day celebrations (3 May) Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan Transform Africa Summit Kigali, Rwanda 9 to 10 May 2018 ICT Infrastructure Sustainable Management Training Kampala, Uganda 10 to 11 May 2018
Birthdays Louise-Agnes Mackongo 9 May Alice Ochanda 10 May
Press Clip Pan African High Level Conference on Education Voice of America (Africa News Tonight, 16 minutes Interview with Sajitha Bashir, Education ManagerWorld Bank Africa Heads evaluate Africa progress in education, The Star African Education ministers root for mother-tongue as Nairobi meets ends, The Star Education ministers root for life-long learning, Business Today Pan-African on Education kicks off in Nairobi, Daily Nation CS Amina Mohammed officially opens 3-day education conference, Daily Nation Pan African meeting resolves to boost teacher training, motivation, Press Reader It is time to act now on Africa's education, Uhuru tells Ministers, The Standard Digital Education policy makers gather in Nairobi for continental conference, Capital FM Kenya African youth push for education budget boost, Citizen Digital CS Amina eyes Nairobi Declaration in forthcoming continental education conference, Best Free News
Over 30 million primary school age children in Africa are out of school, Kass FM UN Urges African Countries To Promote Gender Parity In Education, Urdu Point Pan African Conference on Education opens Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya KBC African Education ministers root for life-long learning to achieve transformation agenda, Xinhua net Kenyan leader pledges support for Africa's education sector transformation, Xinhua net African Education ministers root for life-long learning to achieve transformation agenda, Agencia Angola Press African experts urge harnessing of digital technologies to boost literacy, Coastweek.com
Publications & Videos Policy Paper:Achieving gender equality in education: don’t forget the boys Flickr Album: Pan African High Level conference on Education UNESCO Institute for Statistics Blog: The View from Madagascar: Data to Build Evidence-Based Policy VIDEO: The ten targets of the Sustainable Development Goal 4…with Elyx! ENGLISH VIDEO: Youth Conference on Pan African Education #PACE2018 VIDEO: Herbie Hancock welcomes you to International Jazz Day 2018
Tweet of the Week on @UNESCOEast: Happening NOW! President @UKenyattavisits #PACE2018 Conference on the future of #Education in #Nairobi, meeting Director of@UnescoEast @ndongjatta , @UNESCO Deputy Director General @GEngida56 & Assistant Director General #AfricaDepartment @eddymatoko , Historic Moment! #SDG4
