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Role=20 of Agriculture to Top Addis Ministerial Meeting

The East = African=20 Standard (Nairobi)
NEWS
5 Septembre 2005
Publi=E9 sur = le web le=20 5 Septembre 2005

By Ken Ramani
Nairobi

The role of agricultural education in improving livelihoods of rural=20 societies is one of the main issues to be discussed at a three-day = ministerial=20 conference set to open in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 7.

The event is being organised by the Association for the Development = of=20 Education in Africa (Adea), the United Nations Food and Agriculture = Organisation=20 (FAO) and Unesco's International Institute for Educational Planning = (IIEP) in=20 partnership with Ethiopia's Ministry of Education. The Italian = Development=20 Cooperation Agency (DGCS) and the Norwegian Trust Fund for Education in = Africa,=20 administered by the World Bank. Ministers of education, agriculture and = rural=20 development from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, = Mozambique,=20 Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda will attend.

Others to attend will be representatives of Nepad, the African Union, = civil=20 society organisations, as well as a variety of bilateral and = multilateral=20 development bodies such as the ILO, Oxfam, Unesco, Unicef, the Swiss = Cooperation=20 Agency (DDC), the Dutch Cooperation, the German Adult Education = Association and=20 the World Bank.

In Africa, rural dwellers account for 70 per cent of the population - = more=20 than 500 million people.

The main purpose of the meeting is to draw the attention of = policy-makers and=20 development agencies to the fact that priority should be given to = quality=20 education in rural areas.

This is essential from the standpoint of education for all and = poverty=20 reduction.

The meeting is also seeking to promote dialogue between the countries = involved and to reinforce national and regional partnerships for rural=20 education.

The participants will report on the current situation of education = for rural=20 people, as regards enrollment and literacy rates as well as training and = skills=20 development.

They will review policies for education and skills formation set = forth in=20 national EFA plans and poverty reduction strategies.

Means of improving analysis of the educational contexts and needs of = rural=20 dwellers as well as appropriate policies and effective strategies for = increasing=20 access to education will be discussed.

Others will be working children, isolated populations, nomadic = peoples,=20 refugees and displaced persons, the poor and other vulnerable groups = such as=20 people living with HIV/Aids.

Emphasis will be given to means of broadening access to distance = education,=20 non-formal education and work/study education programs and further = developing=20 programes for early childhood.

Some of the topics to be discussed include access to education, = quality and=20 relevance of education; non-formal education for farming communities; = training=20 to build capacity in agriculture and rural development and the working=20 conditions of teachers in connection with improving the quality of = education.=20

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