ADEA Triennal 2012(Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso, 13 -17 February 2012),
\"Towards education and training systems at the service of sustainable development\"
query_builder 13-17 Fev 2012
The 2012 Triennial of Education and Training in Africa is held from February 13 to 17, 2012 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. This edition focused on:
\"How To promote knowledge, skills and critical skills for sustainable development in Africa: how to build / design an effective system of education and training?\"
The triennial ADEA (formerly biennials) are a highlight in the life and activities of the association.
Their main objective is to encourage and support an open dialogue between ministers of education, development agencies, and other experts working in the field of education. Because it helps define the future activities of the association, this dialogue is vital for ADEA, because the dialogue is one way that can sow the seeds of understanding and progress
ADEA has held since 1993 continental meetings, known as biennials, on the theme of development of education and training. Following the Maputo Biennale in 2008, the ADEA Steering Committee decided that these meetings would be held every three years now, hence the name of triennial.
The 2012 Triennial pursue and develop the political dialogue in previous biennials, and especially that of Maputo in 2008 on the theme of post-primary education. More specifically, the Triennale 2012 will focus on efforts to find answers to the following question:
Promote the knowledge, skills and critical skills for sustainable development in Africa: how to build / design an effective system of education and training?
The Triennial 2012 ADEA is the leading event for education in Africa, both in its participation, more than 600 people attended the biennial sixty Maputo including African ministers, as its content, which is based on research and extensive consultations with and among stakeholders in education and training.
The Triennial is organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso and the Government of Burkina Faso, which has generously offered to host the triennial in Ouagadougou
The President of Republic of Côte d\'Ivoire, His Excellency the President Alassane Ouattara took part in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Triennial of Education and Training in Africa. he declared his desire for his country to follow examples from many other countries in the field of Education and Training, especially since in recent years, Côte d\'Ivoire has experienced some difficulties in this area .
At the international conference center where he went afterwards to attend the opening of the Summit alongside peers from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, President Alassane Ouattara gave his vision of Education and Training. For him, education is the best investment because it inevitably leads to sustainable development.
And to illustrate his point, he pointed out in particular the progress made by South Korea in this area. The President of the Republic took the opportunity to outline a list of planned programs he intends to initiate in the next five years in the field of education including equal opportunity, universal access to education, training and recruitment of teachers, the construction of new universities.
Note that this triennial conference is organized by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). The Ivorian Ministers of Education, Kandia Camara and Albert FLINDE of Technical Education and Vocational Training, appeared with the Head of State at the opening of the conference and will participate in various activities.
