May 6, 2018 - Peace, as well as to protect the publishing-related professions and professionals .... for Eastern Africa
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Photo: Official photo of the Pan African High level conference on Education, 25 to 27 April
2018 (c) Ministry of Education of Kenya
Message of the Director Dear
Colleagues
and
Partners,
This week I was in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia to meet the AU Commissioner for Human Resources,
Science
and
Technology.
On 16 and 17 April 2018, UNESCO went on a fact finding mission in Makueni County, Kenya, to gather some information at the country level to inform the development of the health literacy digital contacts in partnership with the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). During the mission partner primary schools, secondary schools and ICT Constituency Centres were identified to pilot the initiative. Moreover orientation was provided by health and educational
county
representatives
in
the
content
focus
of
the
programme.
On 23 April 2018 we are celebrating World Book Day and Copyright Day, highlighting the transformative power of literature, writing, reading, translating and publishing, which help individuals to raise and fulfill themselves. As a matter of fact, books are at the intersection of some of the most essential human freedoms, primarily freedom of expression and freedom to publish. Our duty at UNESCO is to protect these freedoms and these rights, by promoting reading and writing in order to fight illiteracy and poverty, to strengthen the foundations of Peace, as well as to protect the publishing-related professions and professionals. In Uganda, six female participants from the UNESCO project to “Strengthen the Artistic, Design and Marketing Skills of the Crafts Industry Sector in Uganda”, funded by the Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust to UNESCO (KFIT), will join in the celebration of World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April 2018 in Kampala under the theme “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity”. They will display some of the new designs and products developed as
part
of
the
KFIT
project.
We are two-days away from the Pan-African High-level Conference on Education (PACE 2018), to be held in Nairobi from 25 to 27 April 2018. You can follow the pre-event on our social
media
I
channels,
at @UNESCOEast and
wish
you
on
a
Facebook at @unescoeastafrica.
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What happened this week A Fact Finding Mission in Makueni County on Development of Digital Health Literacy Materials Kenya
A fact-finding mission was undertaken by the HIV and AIDS Programme Officer and CI Adviser, together with representatives from the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). The purpose of the mission was to engage the county representatives in Makueni and identify the pilot schools and other relevant community structures that could pilot the digital health
literacy
project.
As a result, 5 primary schools that represent combined Early Childhood Care and Development and Primary Education, urban, peri-urban and urban primary schools and a school with high drop-out rates have been identified In addition, three secondary schools representing represent a boys school, a girls school and a mixed school and have functional ICT laboratories and ICT Champion teachers will be targeted. The team visited a small ICT Constituency Hub, in order to assess the ICT infrastructure and recommended that the 3 ICT Constituency Hubs in Wote that
will
also
benefit
from
the
project.
High Level Ministry of Education and Sports Breakfast meeting on SDG4-Education 2030
in
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda held a High Level Ministry of Education
and
Sports
Breakfast
meeting on SDG4-Education 2030 in Uganda on 20 April 2018 to review the
country's
implementation
progress of
the
on SDG4
the –
Education 2030 agenda and devise strategies for institutionalizing further SDG4 implementation at all levels of education. The meeting also focused on devising strategies for integrating the SDG4 indicators into EMIS especially the new ones under SDG4 - target 4.7. The meeting was attend by 60 high level officials who included, Ministers of Education of Education and Sports, The UN Resident Coordinator, Directors and Commissioners of affiliate bodies of the MoES, the Parliamentary Committee on education and some members of the education development partners and a representative of the UNESCO Regional Director, Mr. Teeluck Bhuwanee. By the end of the meeting, the top leadership of the government had prioritized key areas for attention among which include ensuring that the education monitoring and information system has been revamped to be re-aligned with the SDG4 indicators. This will commence with a training of all EMIS staff at MOES as well as other line Ministries linked to education such as Ministry
of
Health.
In the photos: UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa Education, Mr. Teeluck Bhuwanee, and Group photo of the High Level Ministry of Education and Sports Breakfast meeting on SDG4-Education 2030 in Kampala, Uganda
News of the week PRESS RELEASE: Somalia to launch multi-stakeholder dialogue forum for safety of journalists East Africa joins in the global celebration of the Power of Music for International Jazz Day – 2018
Towards an Educational Reform: an online training of trainers on comprehensive sexuality education,
in
EN
&
FR
Validation of reference documents, improving and strengthening communication and collaboration between journalists and Defense and Security Forces in Madagascar, in EN & FR
Teachers Training of Dzamandzar Vocational Technical school in Nosy Be, Madagascar, in EN
& FR
Upcoming events
World Intellectual Property Rights Day 26 April 2018
Pan African High-Level conference on Education 25 to 27 April 2018 Nairobi, Kenya
Clusters of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa Retreat 24 to 27 April 2018 Nairobi, Kenya
Launch of the Dialogue Forum on Developing a National Mechanism for the Safety of Journalists in Somalia 20 to 22 April 2018 Mogadishu, Somalia
Youth training on developing Mobile Apps for traditional games in Kenya 25 to 27 April 2018 Kisumu, Kenya
Birthdays Georges Boade 23 April
Abdul- Rahman Lamin 25 April
Publications & Videos
UNESCO Global Annual Report 2017
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more
on
UNESCO
East
Africa
contributions:
Page 78 Building Knowledge societies- celebrating the International Day for Universal Access
to
Information
28
September 2017, Mauritius
Page 142 World Environment Day and World Oceans Day 2017: sensitization of communities in the coastal region of Kenya about entrepreneurial opportunities for youth (green jobs) as well as the importance of behavior change as far as environmental protection and
conservation.
Tweet of the Week on @UNESCOEast: Want to get to know more about the Pan African High Level Conference on Education, official hashtag #PACE2018? Check all the resources that we have compiled for you about #Education in #Africa! https://bit.ly/2JGHb0V
