The Validation Workshop on Scalable Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) Practices to Finish Studying Poverty in Africa was formally opened at the moment. The 2-day gathering, held on the African Union Fee (AUC) Headquarters in Addis Ababa from July 22 to 23, 2025, marks a big step ahead within the collective effort to deal with the continent’s studying disaster and make sure that each youngster acquires the important foundational expertise they deserve by age 10.
The workshop brings collectively technical specialists from 25 Member States, together with representatives from the African Union Fee, UNICEF, the Gates Basis, and different improvement companions. The purpose is to validate the analysis findings constituting the mapping of scalable good practices for foundational literacy and numeracy throughout the continent.
“The continental Foundational Literacy and Numeracy mapping useful resource we’re validating at the moment is a necessary step towards reversing this development. It seeks to assemble, synthesise, and highlight what works–real, evidence-based, scalable practices which have proven success throughout numerous African contexts. Whether or not it is structured pedagogy in Uganda, mother-tongue primarily based instruction in Ethiopia, or focused instruction by studying degree in Zambia, these will not be solely simply case research, however blueprints with promise for large-scale systemic change”, Prof. Saidou Madougou, Director of the Division of Schooling, Science, Know-how and Innovation (ESTI).
Throughout West, Central, East, and Southern Africa, an alarming 9 out of 10 youngsters are unable to learn and perceive a easy sentence by the age of 10. Whereas enrollment in main and decrease secondary schooling has elevated considerably over the past twenty years, thousands and thousands of youngsters attend faculty with out buying the foundational expertise they want. This persistent studying disaster is greater than an academic problem; it poses a risk to future financial prosperity.
“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 way of the cross-fertilisation of successes, and extra importantly, taking the lead in adapting scalable options and embedding them into nationwide schooling sector plans, insurance policies, and programmes”, emphasised Dr Laila Gad, UNICEF Consultant to the African Union and UNECA
The outcomes of this workshop can even contribute to the Finish Studying Poverty for All in Africa Marketing campaign (ELPAf)–a four-year African Union-UNICEF initiative launched in September 2024 in the course of the AU 12 months of Schooling. ELPAf goals 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 important promise for overcoming Africa’s schooling challenges, laying the groundwork for lifelong studying, and empowering African youngsters to thrive as engaged residents and contributors to their communities and economies.
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