Decision of Executive Council on the Report of the Third Ordinary Session of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (COMEDAF III)

DECISION OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON THE REPORT OF THE THIRD
ORDINARY SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF
EDUCATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION (CQMEDAF III)
DOC. EX.CL/386 (XII)

The Executive Council:

1. TAKES NOTE of the report and Communique of the Third Ordinary Session of the Conference of Ministers of Education, held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 6^th to 10^th August 2007;

2. ADOPTS the conclusions and recommendations of the Ministers of Education as follows:

a. CALLS ON Member States, with support from development partners to expedite the implementation of the following, and to report progress at the COMEDAF IV session in 2009:

(i) Strategy for harmonisation of Higher Education in Africa;

(ii) African quality rating mechanism for Higher Education;

(iii) Strategy for technical and vocational education with special reference to countries in post-conflict situations;

(iv) Policy framework on access to post-primary education for refugees and internally displaced persons;

(v) Mechanism for reporting on implementation of the Plan of Action, and

(vi) Framework for establishing strategic partnerships to ensure greater harmonisation and co-ordination of education sector programmes in Africa.

b. CALLS ON the Commission to expedite the implementation of the

strategy for developing a mechanism for the establishment of an African Education, Science and Technology Fund.

c. FURTHER CALLS on the Commission to spearhead the development of a framework for national and continental book policies to strengthen the development, production and distribution of quality African education materials.