EI Africa Conference to advocate for investment in quality education
Educators from across Africa are invited to attend the seventh Education International (EI) Africa Region Conference, to take place in November, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Teacher trade unionists will gather for the 5-day event, which runs from 29 November to 3 December, to engage in passionate and high level debate around key professional standards issues.
With the conference taking place a few months after the UN’s Millennium Goals’ Review Summit in New York, where EI was represented by its Africa Chief Regional Coordinator, Assibi Napoe, the theme for the gathering will be: Unity for sustainable investment in quality public education in Africa.
Key points for discussion on the agenda include: consolidating teachers’ trade union unity; investment in quality public education; challenges in achieving quality public education in the context of economic and financial crisis; and trade union rights in the education sector.
Ahead of EI’s first World Women’s Conference in Bangkok, in January 2011, participants’ attention will also be drawn to the work and achievements of the numerous EI networks of African women, and the challenges they face to achieve equality in this region of the globe.
African colleagues will also elect their representatives on the EI Africa Regional Committee which will work to ensure that their voice, in favour of quality public education, is heard over the next four years.
To read the programme for the EI Africa Regional Conference, or for practical information on how to register and participate, click here.
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