DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE SIXTH ORDINARY
SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF
EDUCATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION
Doc. EX.CL/840(XXV)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (COMEDAF VI) held in Yaounde, Cameroon, from 22 to 25 April 2014;
2. RECOGNISES:
i) Education and Human Resource Development as a core imperative for attainment of Africa’s collective vision and Agenda 2063;
ii) the importance of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) as a key agency for supporting the implementation of the education policy of the African Union, and CALLS ON Member States to enhance their support to ADEA.
3. CALLS ON Member States and RECs to set up an independent Commission to carry out evaluation on progress and challenges in the implementation of the Plan of action for the second Decade of Education for Africa;
4. REQUESTS the Commission to mobilize all stakeholders of education development in Africa at the national, regional and continental levels, in collaboration with Member States, RECs and education development agencies, in order to:
i) Support education in Africa;
ii) Carry out an end-term evaluation of the Plan of Action for the Second Decade of Education for Africa;
iii) Develop a new 10-year strategy for education within the overall framework of the Africa Agenda 2063.
5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to carry out a study on the training, working and living conditions of teachers in Member States and report to the Summit;
6. RECALLS the Decision on Doc. EX.CL/520(XV) on the General History of Africa, and reiterates the need for Member States to contribute to the realization of this project;
7. DEPLORES the fact that COMEDAF did not take the necessary measures to facilitate the election of the President and Vice President of the PAU Council;
8. DECIDES to postpone the election of the President and Vice President of the PAU Council to January 2015;
9. INVITES COMEDAF to take the necessary measures before the next Summit and make proposals to this effect, in accordance with the Statute of the PanAfrican University;
10. RECOMMENDS that the Assembly adopt the ten-year African Union Continental TVET Strategy and CALLS UPON all Member States for its expeditious implementation.