Foundational learning

African Youth voices join HCA, ADEA, African leaders, Education Ministers and development partners to call for a continental commitment to confront Africa’s learning crisis

ADEA, Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 09:38

Urge the African Union to put foundational learning at the heart of the African Union Year of Education, and for governments to prioritize the use of data and evidence to drive informed, cost-effective, and system-wide interventions that can be implemented using existing resources.
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Foundational Learning Coalition - Ministers express desire to leverage starter pack as resource guide to drive country FL reforms

ADEA, Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 09:18

African Ministers in charge of education expressed their desire to leverage the proposed foundational learning (FL) starter pack to action the FL commitments.
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Why Foundational Learning Matters for Africa’s Year of Education in 2024

ADEA, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 13:48

The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the Government of Zambia, through the Ministry of Education, held the 2023 High-Level Policy Dialogue Forum (HLDF) on Foundational Learning in Lusaka in late October/early November.
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African Education Ministers take stock of Country Level progress on Foundational Learning

ADEA, Friday, December 1, 2023 - 11:14

Education stakeholders across Africa, including ministers, ministerial representatives and partners, convened virtually on Thursday, 7th September, 2023 and took stock of country-level progress one year after the commitments made at the Transforming Education Summit (TES) and the ADEA 2022 Triennale.
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Africa, EU Policymakers Restate Commitment to Enduring Relations Between Africa and Europe

ADEA, Monday, May 22, 2023 - 17:33

ADEA and the European Union (EU) Parliament have committed to partner with stakeholders and leverage their large education networks to improve relations between Africa and Europe. This is the product of deliberations from the High-Level Conference on Education Policies and Strategies for Africa held on Thursday, the 13^th of April 2023, at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
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Transforming teacher education for improved foundational learning

ADEA, Friday, May 10, 2024 - 11:35

A key consensus from the Africa Evidence Forum on Foundational Learning, organized by What Works Hub in Nairobi, Kenya, is that ‘No fundamental change in education can happen without teachers.’ This was the position canvassed by Shem Bodo, ADEA’s Senior Programs Officer.
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ADEA, EU Parliament Set for Conference on Education Policies on Foundational Learning

ADEA, Monday, May 22, 2023 - 17:34

ADEA and the European Union (EU) Parliament RENEWPAC group have concluded plans for a conference on education policies in Africa, focusing on foundational learning. The conference will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on the 13th of April 2023, between 2 – 5pm.
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ADEA, HCA Launch High Level Ministerial Coalition, Initiate Scorecard to Measure Improvements in Foundational Learning across Africa

ADEA, Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 10:18

On Thursday, 16^th February 2023, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and Human Capital Africa (HCA) launched the Ministerial Coalition dedicated to improving foundational learning (FL) in Africa.
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A call to African Leaders to invest in people and make education a priority

ADEA, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 09:03

Today is International Education Day, a day set aside by the United Nations in 2018 to advocate for quality education and the importance of learning in addressing global learning challenges. On this day, ADEA joins global education stakeholders in advocacy and solidarity to draw attention to the learning crisis facing Africa.
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Ministers showcase sustained efforts to improve foundational learning outcomes in Africa; commend ADEA and HCA for articulating a foundational learning resource guidebook

ADEA, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 - 19:25

On Tuesday, June 25, Ministers in charge of foundational learning came together for the second time this year to share their progress towards their commitments to improve foundational learning in their countries in the Year of Education (YoE). The session was the fifth meeting of the Africa Foundational Learning Ministerial Coalition, organized by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and Human Capital Africa (HCA). The session was moderated by ADEA’s Executive Secretary, Albert Nsengiyumva, and the Founder of HCA, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili.
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