SA summit for African education policy makers
SA summit for
African education policy makers
Top African policy makers in education, as well as
vice-chancellors from countries all over Africa, will be attending the inaugural
annual conference of the African Council for Distance Education, to be hosted by
the University of South Africa from 9 to 12 August.South African President Thabo
Mbeki is expected to deliver the opening address at the three-day conference
under the theme: ?Mobilisation of African Leadership: Policies, Strategies and
Partnerships?.The President of the African Union, Dr Alpha Oumar Konare, will
also deliver an address at the opening.International leaders in education will
be chairing sessions and delivering addresses. These include Koichura Matsuura,
director general of Unesco, Sir John Daniel, president of the Commonwealth of
Learning, Prof Nyameko Barney Pityana, chairperson of the ACDE and
Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa, the Minister of Education of
South Africa, ministers of education of several African countries and the
secretary general of the Association of African Universities.
There will be panel presentations on the following
subjects:
HIV/Aids
Governance and civil society
Teacher education, training and human resource
development
Capacity building for open and distance education
Economic development and entrepreneurship
Mobilisation of African leadership
Delegates will be representing all regions of the
African continent, from east to west and south to north.