News
Nairobi Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education
May 04, 2012
The Committee on Conventions and Recommendations of the Executive Board of UNESCO monitors three Conventions and eleven Recommendations. more
Measuring adult learners’ competences in the African Region
Apr 20, 2012
The multi-country research project on measuring literacy programme participants’ learning outcomes (RAMAA) will assess the competences of beneficiaries of adult literacy programmes...more
ADEA Triennale 2012: strong messages on education and training in Africa
Mar 30, 2012
More than 1,000 participants gathered from 12 to 17 February in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, for the 2012 ADEA Triennale – the most important educational event in the region organised by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa. more
Publications
Optimising Learning, Education and Publishing in Africa: The Language Factor
UIL and ADEA present the results of a comprehensive stocktaking research project that assesses the experiences of mother tongue and bilingual formal and non-formal education in 25 sub-Saharan African countries as well as the creation of multilingual literate environments. The authors of the study...more
Management of Adult Education Organisations in Africa
Adult education is now considered a mainstream academic discipline in several African countries, and its importance in today’s knowledge and “ideas” economies is growing steadily.more
Genre et alphabétisation : comment renforcer les capacités de recherche en Afrique
L’alphabétisation étant un droit fundamental pour tous et toutes, comment expliquer que 62 % des femmes en Afrique se voient refuser le droit à l’alphabétisme ? Comment infléchir les tendances actuelles pour éviter que près de 800 millions d’adultes parmi lesquels une forte proportion de femmes...more
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UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa (BREDA)
Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
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