April 30, 2014 – High Level Ministerial Meeting
Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bin Nasser, Chairperson of Education Above All Foundation, its program, Educate A Child will host its second High Level Strategic Meeting on the 30th of April in Doha, Qatar.
The one day invitation only meeting will focus on the importance of addressing the issue of out of school children (OOSC) and present how EAC builds and sustains partnerships with its priority countries to facilitate finding and implementing solutions to this problem.
The meeting builds on the success of the first EAC High Level Ministerial Meeting which was held in April, 2013, where 17 ministries of education and a number of EAC partners issued a public statement supporting the acceleration of efforts to reach and enroll OOSC, and in recognition of the benefits of primary education. Since the 2013 meeting, a number of projects from the countries that participated have been supported.
The focus on countries is essential for the ultimate commitment of ministries to build education systems designed to sustain the decrease and eventual elimination of OOSC. It is expected that the upcoming High Level Meeting will assist in:
- Informing participants about EAC,
- Providing opportunities for countries to communicate the challenges that they face in relation to bringing OOSC into education,
- Possibly identifying how EAC can contribute to overcoming these obstacles.
You can find more information about the event here.