Literacy

ADEA commemorates International Literacy Day, calls for more commitments to improve Africa’s learning outcomes

ADEA, Friday, September 8, 2023 - 11:19

Today is International Literacy Day, a global commemorative day for heightened awareness on adult and child literacy. As an open and flexible pan-African organization that informs and facilitates the transformation of education and training that will drive Africa’s accelerated and sustainable development, ADEA joins the world at large, and education actors in particular, in celebrating achievements in improved literacy.
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Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

ADEA, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 21:56

In an effort to develop and foster a culture of reading among children and adults in Rwanda, the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) launched Soma Rwanda in 2012 through the Rwanda Education Board (REB), in cooperation with development partners.
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ADEA celebrates International Literacy Day – 8th September 2021

ADEA, Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 10:20

ADEA recognises the need to improve literacy to meet the demand for education for children and adults especially during this COVID-19 pandemic period where disruptions to learning have become a concern for governments around the world.
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Côte d'Ivoire: ADEA, the Didier Drogba Foundation and the Ministry of Education sign a Memorandum of Understanding for a project on digital literacy promotion in Africa

ADEA, Friday, May 10, 2019 - 17:58

Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), 10^thMay 2019 - In the afternoon of Wednesday 8^thMay, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the Didier Drogba Foundation (FDD) and the Ministry of National Education, Technical and Vocational Training (MENETFP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a project on digital literacy promotion in Africa, named KALAAN.
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Empowering African writers to publish quality reading materials in local languages

ADEA, Saturday, June 29, 2019 - 14:13

Today we celebrate World Book and Copyright Day. The partnership between the ADEA, USAID and the Global Book Alliance aims to ensure children across Africa can access quality texts to read.
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Literacy and national languages in Africa: New activities of ADEA

ADEA, Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 22:16

The International Mother Language Day, celebrated each year on 21 February, is an opportunity to promote linguistic and cultural diversity as well as multilingualism. What actions are planned to promote literacy and national languages in Africa? The ADEA Inter-Country Quality Node on Literacy and National Languages (ICQN-LNL) provides an overview of the situation.
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Disrupting the Status Quo to Address Illiteracy: The Global Book Alliance lights new paths to global literacy

ADEA, Monday, December 17, 2018 - 21:14

On February 21st, celebrations of International Mother Language Day remind us that the human family speaks approximately 7,000 languages. What magnificent diversity - more than 7,000 words for “love,” “child,” “rain.” More than 7,000 ways for children to express their aspirations and experiences.
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Improving literacy in Africa

ADEA, Friday, March 15, 2019 - 13:06

There is a need to improve literacy to achieve the higher goal of better meeting the demand for education for children and adults. Training structures at all levels need to ensure there is always a built-in link between literacy/training and students' professional activities, including the different elements of their environment.
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How should mother languages be included in national education systems?

ADEA, Friday, April 26, 2019 - 15:18

International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999, is celebrated each year on February 21 in order to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
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Literacy: Progress achieved by African countries

ADEA, Monday, September 14, 2020 - 23:04

September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day at the 14^th session of UNESCO’s General Conference on October 26, 1966, to enable governments, civil society, and stakeholders to highlight improvements in global literacy rates and to discuss persistent obstacles to literacy in the world.
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