Education for all (October 2005)

The debate on whether education is a key variable in the development of nations was settled way back in the 1960s and, since then, the world has travelled from Jomtien (1990) to Dakar (2000) and to many other such sub-regional conferences, seminars and meetings to shape and reshape frameworks and strategies, and to develop tools towards one goal—education for all.

But just how feasible and achievable is Education For All (EFA) in a region such as Southern Africa – with all its political, socio-economic and cultural realities – and how has the region fared in its commitment to these goals?

Articles are available in pdf format [approximate file sizes in square brackets].

In this issue:

• Editorial (by Alice Kwaramba) [69 KB]
• Education for All in Southern Africa: taking stock of progress (by Grace Kaimila-Kanjo) [167 KB]
• Reflections on Education from an educator par excellance: a conversation with Madame Graca Machel (conducted by Ezra Mbogori) [196 KB]
• Good Goverance: the bedrock to achieving education for all (by Tawanda Mutasah) [259 KB]
• policy Review (by Saul Murimba) [161 KB]
• Setting the Foundation Right: early Childhood education and Development (ECD) in Southern Africa (by Jennifer A'isha Roberts) [205 KB]
• The Quality Imperative: the nerve centre of EFA (by Grace Kaimila-Kanjo) [133 KB]
• The Place of Human Rights Education in Schools (by Sherri Le Mottee) [174 KB]
• Outcomes-Based Education: lessons for the region (by Jennifer A'isha Roberts) [184 KB]
• Locating Skills Development in the Framework (by Jennifer A'isha Roberts) [168 KB]
• Adult Literacy Still a Challenge (by Jennifer A'isha Roberts) [163 KB]
• Education for All: a key Open Society ideal (by Nomthandazo Mbandazayo) [155 KB]
• The Case for Private Schools for the Poor (by Grace Kaimila-Kanjo) [119 KB]
• Mobilising Resources for EFA (by Nokuthula Gwebu-Lucas) [148 KB]
• Civic Involvement in Schooling (by Jennifer A'isha Roberts) [241 KB]
• Strange Bedfellows? Government and civil society relationship in EFA (by Grace Kaimila-Kanjo) [133 KB]
• Reaching EFA through ICTs: the debate rages on (by Shafika Isaacs) [126 KB]
• Education-out-of-the-Box: freedom to learn (by Kim Tucker) [127 KB]
• The EFA Johannesburg Conference Charter [78 KB]
• OSISA News [124 KB]

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