Foundational learning

African leaders back Decade of Education in bold move to end learning poverty in 10 years

ADEA, Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 11:56

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Kigali, November 14th, 2024: In a landmark decision, African education leaders have united behind an ambitious vision to eliminate learning poverty in Africa by 2035. At the end of the 2024 Africa Foundational Learning Exchange (FLEX 2024), held in Kigali, Rwanda from 11th to 13th November 2024, 22 Ministers of Education, and 12 Heads of Ministerial Delegations from 34 countries in Africa endorsed the African Union’s call to declare a 'Decade of Education', aimed at tackling the continent's learning crisis.
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FLEX 2024: African Ministers and Education Stakeholders Gather in Kigali to Track Progress in Addressing Learning Crisis on the Continent

ADEA, Friday, November 8, 2024 - 14:39

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November 6^th, 2024 — Kigali, Rwanda
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Ghana’s Education Minister Highlights Urgent Need for Innovative Pedagogies to Address Africa’s Learning Crisis

ADEA, Monday, September 30, 2024 - 12:23

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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Focus on learning crisis in Africa at UNGA 79: Continent could unlock $6.5 trillion in productive opportunities by 2030 if foundational learning is prioritised

ADEA, Monday, September 30, 2024 - 12:03

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.
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Joint Statement by African Ministers of Education and the Global Foundational Learning Coalition

ADEA, Monday, May 27, 2024 - 08:17

On 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.
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UNESCO GEM-R, ADEA launch the 2nd Spotlight Reports on Foundational Learning

ADEA, Monday, May 27, 2024 - 08:18

Zambia’s Minister of Education, Hon.
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ADEA, UNESCO set to launch Zambian and continental Spotlight reports on foundational learning

ADEA, Friday, May 10, 2024 - 18:56

All 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 7^th 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.
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Africa has a Champion for Foundational Learning

ADEA, Monday, May 6, 2024 - 20:26

The 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.
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Spotlight on primary education completion and foundational learning in Uganda

ADEA, Monday, May 6, 2024 - 22:01

ADEA and UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (UNESCO GEMR) launched a new country report on Thursday 18^th 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.
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Enhancing Early Childhood Development and Foundational Learning through African-Led Research

ADEA, Monday, May 27, 2024 - 08:39

In 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.
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