Africa Needs to Strengthen Science, Math Curricula in Youth Education: African Union Featured
Addis Ababa June 23/2016 African states need to strengthen the science and math curricula in youth training and disseminate scientific knowledge and culture, the African Union Commission said.
Speaking at the planning meeting for implementation of the continental education strategy for Africa (CESA) that opened here today, AU Education Division, Human Resources, Science and Technology Department Head Dr. Beatrice Njenga said CESA 2016-2025 is designed to involve the widest possible coalition of stakeholders for education, training, science, technology and innovation in Africa.
According to her, qualitative education and training system focused on African core values that enable to create a new Africa citizen, is necessary to produce effective change agent for sustainable development.
Africa should secure paradigm shift in its education and training system for the realization of the vision reflected in 2063 agenda, she added.
The head stressed that the expansion of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) opportunities at both secondary and tertiary levels and strengthening of linkages between the world of work and education and training systems need consideration during the implementation of CESA.
Campaign to eradicate illiteracy across the continent, revitalization of teaching staff, building the capacity of educational leadership and strengthening the coalition of stakeholders are cross-cutting strategic intervention areas within the ten years implementation of the strategy, CESA indicated.
UNESCO’s Ecological Science Advisor for Africa, Benno Boer said on his part “besides access and equity of education, the big challenge in Africa is quality of education”.
According to him, the right to education is not only the right to access education but also the right to receive an education of good quality.
Boer, who is also Science Specialist for Ethiopia, further indicated that his organization has been collaborating with AUC for the enhancement of quality and relevant education responsive to the needs of the continent.
“Agenda 2063 will not happen spontaneously, it will require conscious and deliberate efforts to nurture a transformative leadership that will drive the agenda and defend Africa’s interest”, he stressed.
The two-day planning is expected to come up with an elaborated implementation mechanism, including thematic clusters, frameworks for monitoring and reporting as well as communication, and a CESA implementation Roadmap.
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