Education is Africa’s Road to Salvation
One of UNESCO’s close partners (Triennale), heads of African states, as well as sixty Ministers, plan to transform education and the training systems that will benefit the African continent. This will also help Africa become a part of the global community. Africa wants to transform into a peaceful and prosperous land. They want to improve quality and efficient of Africa’s educational system. Millions of people in Africa are uneducated. Imagine if this program takes off and is successful the amount of brilliant minds working together. Africa can also gain global existence and be seen as an intellectual population.
In Afghanistan:
UNESCO Equips Afghan Police with Literacy Skills
Three quarters of Afghanistan’s population is illiterate and UNESCO launched a program in June 2011 titled: Literacy for Empowering Afghan Policy or LEAP. Founded by the Japanese government, it hopes to increase literacy rates in over three thousand Afghan policemen. They are also hoping this will help bring safety and peace to Afghanistan.
In Cuba:
UNESCO Education Authorities to Visit Cuba
Ministry of Higher Education in Cuba has asked UNESCO to visit Cuba. The selected qualified individual will be giving presentations and visiting education centers and schools. Cuba has hopes to strengthen their education system with the help of UNESCO.
Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to think over three quarters of a population could be illiterate. This is something we take forgranted in the United States. Even working with the poverty level families most can read and write.
Alissa
Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteBefore this assignment, I had no idea that literacy was such an issue in Africa. I was shocked by the number of countries in Africa where over fifty percent of the population could not read of write. I hope that the efforts of LEAP and others like it are successful.
Thank you for sharing!
Jamie