Let’s collaborate to improve children’s #Foundationallearning and numeracy in Africa.
Investing in the youth of tomorrow starts with the children of today!
#HCAsummit4action
Delighted joining champions at the #HCASummit4Action to reflect on a powerful, unified message to Heads of State: Education is the foundation of societies and education needs foundational learning. To transform the learning of children, do transform the education system.
Hon. Madalitso Wirima Kambauwa, Ministry Of Education, Malawi 🇲🇼 and Mr. Conrad Sackey, Minister of Education, Sierra Leone showing their commitment to improving #FoundationalLearning
Investing in the youth of tomorrow starts with the children of today!
#HCAsummit4action #YearofEducation
📢As the African Union Summit approaches, we urge all education advocates and changemakers to press African leaders for a concrete, system-wide commitment to tackling the learning crisis.
⏰We must act now!
#HCASummit4action
#Foundationallearning , #AUYearofEducation
Honored to be speaking in #HCASummit4action on public-private partnership to promote foundational learning in Africa. Vulnerable children should be prioritized in partnerships in education. African Union UNICEF Africa, Learning Changes Everything Human Capital Africa ADEA
Excited to participate in #HCAsummit4action
where education ministers, country leaders & partners across Africa have gathered to demonstrate the need to prioritize foundational learning for African children! African Union, UNICEF Education Learning Changes Everything, Human Capital Africa ADEA
In the education ministers' panel #HCAsummit4action Day1, the discussion highlighted the importance of walking the talk, measuring and accountability, equity-focu to improve FLN. Let's bring these commitments to action! African Union, UNICEF Africa, Learning Changes Everything, Human Capital Africa
Wongani Grace Taulo UNICEF Africa Very spirited indeed. It is time to take action, mobilize our political leaders, commit domestic resources to education as a key priority, and hold each other seriously more accountable #HCASummit4Action . Hon Madalitso Wirima represented Africa's commom resolve to transform FLN
'We have to make sure that #data becomes one of the driving forces of #education in #Africa !'
Trevor Manuel at the #HCASummit4Action
Great reflections today at #HCASummit4Action : #What are we teaching? #How are we teaching? #Who are we teaching? #Who is teaching? #Why are we teaching children? What is the level of #commitment to strengthen these components in Africa? #DataForFoundationalLearning
Insightful presentations at Human Capital Africa Roundtable in Addis Ababa. Amos Zaindi, Chief of Party/National Programme Lead for #BEFIT Programme, provided great details about #Malawi 's groundbreaking #edtech program. #HCAsummit4action
'Involve us, we can be the solution.' #HCASummit4Action
Young people call for education that equips children with socio-emotional and other skills that will prepare them for future earning opportunities. #LetMeLearn
Quotes from #HCAsummit4action
Utibe Henshaw, Programme Manager at The Education Partnership (TEP) Centre, highlighted the importance of strengthening and prioritizing parental engagement within education systems. Parents are key stakeholders and can be the most potent advocates
'The system has failed children when it comes to #FoundationalLearning , but we must work together to find a solution. #DataFor FoundationalLearning is critical, we must #MeasureEarly and #MeasureAll children inclusively' - Armando Ali PAL Network #HCASummit4Action #SDG411a
Quotes from #HCAsummit4action
During his presentation on the importance of prioritizing the best teaching practices and the science of teaching, Dr. Ben Piper pointed out that even good curricula can be delivered poorly. In contrast, bad ones can be delivered appropriately.
Compelling stories of hope shared by young people, demanding to be included, engaged and consulted for innovative sustainable solutions to Africa’s #Education systems #HCASummit4action
African Union, UNICEF Education, Learning Changes Everything, Human Capital Africa ADEA @UNICEF
To improve foundational learning in Africa must have ‘felt commitment’ from classroom to highest political level, prioritization of data and evidence to inform policy, decisions & community ownership. Also hold donors to account #HCAsummit4action Benjamin Piper ADEA
Cheering for the HOW: Tracking Efforts on Foundational Learning at #HCASummit4Action .
Thank you to honourable Ministers and Executive Director from Côte d'Ivoire, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe, and Anders Holm Benjamin Piper for championing #FoundationalLearning in Africa.
