Africa Urged to Catch Up on Early Childhood Education

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Moscow, Russia - African governments have been
called upon to show the political will and creativity to
make up for the delay in early childhood education
and care. According to statistics presented at the
opening of the first world conference on childhood
education and care, only 15 per cent of children have
access to pre-school education in sub-Saharan Africa.
However, 'hope to make up for this delay is quite possible,'
said Hamidou Boukary, senior specialist at the Association
for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), who is
taking part in the meeting in Moscow, Russia.
'This requires, in addition to the strong political will, some
creativity and in this process, we can plan to base on community structures in African villages, for it already exists in
our traditional structures, management mechanisms of children by grandparents,' Boukary told PANA.
Deploring educational strategies adopted after Independence, he stressed the importance of basic education for the
other education sub-sectors.
'The lack of preparation for entry to primary school through a basic education mainly explains the high rate of
decline in schools recorded in Africa. Pre-school education is not a luxury; it is the foundation of all other the
education sub-sectors,' said Boukary, who strongly urged African countries to have a holistic view of education to
ensure continuity between different levels of the education sector.
'For a long time, we have focused all our attention on the primary, secondary and higher education, neglecting preschool. The result is that we end up with a very mixed assessment. We must definitely be convinced that pre-school
prepares children for a better school success.' he stressed.
A special session will be held in Moscow Tuesday on the African experience on education and early childhood care
and will be attended by Kenyan Minister of Education Sam Ongeri, who is the current chair of the Conference of
African Ministers of Education (COMIFAD).
Participants in the session will hear presentations by the Executive Secretary of the Association for the
Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Ahlin Byll-Cataria, the Director of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Africa
(BREDA), Ann-Therese Ndong Jatta and Adama Ouane, Director of the UNESCO Institute for learning throughout
life, based in Hamburg, Germany.
They will also discuss the findings and recommendations of the fourth African International Conference on Early
Childhood Development, held in November 2009 in Dakar.
Nearly 65 ministers from across the world are attending the first world conference on education and early childhood
care.
After the plenary sessions and workshops, delegates will Wednesday adopt a Global Action Plan for Early
Childhood.
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