– Addressing Africa’s studying disaster requires gathering, synthesizing, and spotlighting actual, evidence-based, scalable practices which have proven success throughout various contexts within the continent, in line with the African Union (AU).
A Validation Workshop on Scalable Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) Practices to Finish Studying Poverty in Africa was heldin Addis Ababa from July 22 to 23, 2025, marking a big step ahead within the collective effort to deal with the continent’s studying disaster and be certain that each youngster acquires the important foundational abilities they deserve by age 10.
The workshop introduced collectively technical consultants from 25 Member States, together with representatives from the African Union Fee, UNICEF, the Gates Basis, and different improvement companions aimed atvalidating the analysis findings constituting the mapping of scalable good practices for foundational literacy and numeracy throughout the continent.
On the event, AU’s Schooling, Science, Expertise and Innovation (ESTI) Director Prof. Saidou Madougou acknowledged that validating the continental Foundational Literacy and Numeracy mapping useful resource is an important step towards reversing studying disaster thereby enabling African youngsters acquires important foundational abilities.
“It seeks to collect, synthesize, and highlight what works actual, evidence-based, scalable practices which have proven success throughout various African contexts. Whether or not it’s structured pedagogy in Uganda, mother-tongue based mostly instruction in Ethiopia, or focused instruction by studying stage in Zambia, these should not solely simply case research, however blueprints with promise for large-scale systemic change,”Prof. Saidou stated.
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In line with AU, an alarming 9 out of 10 youngsters are unable to learn and perceive a easy sentence by the age of 10 throughout West, Central, East, and Southern Africa. Whereas enrollment in main and decrease secondary training has elevated considerably over the past 20 years, tens of millions of youngsters attend faculty with out buying the foundational abilities they want.
This persistent studying disaster is greater than an academic problem and poses a menace to future financial prosperity, the group acknowledged andhighlighted the significance of enhancing joint efforts.
“This workshop is a big step in making a broader pathway of engagement for foundational studying and numeracy between educators, coverage makers and practitioners to enhance studying outcomes: studying from each other by means of the cross-fertilization of successes, and extra importantly, taking the lead in adapting scalable options and embedding them into nationwide training sector plans, insurance policies, and packages,” UNICEF Consultant to the African Union and UNECA Laila Gad (PhD) emphasised.
The outcomes of the workshop will even contribute to finish studying poverty in Africa by strengthening foundational literacy and numeracy, that are the cornerstones of all additional studying and talent acquisition. Foundational studying holds probably the most vital promise for overcoming Africa’s training challenges, laying the groundwork for lifelong studying, and empowering African youngsters to thrive as engaged residents and contributors to their communities and economies, in line with the continental bloc.
