ANHRE conducted a conference on "Reform of Education at Arab World” in cooperation with the Teacher Creativity Center (TCC) and The Arab Campaign for Education for All (ACEA), and with support from Foundation for Future (FFF) and German Adult Education Association (DVV). This conference was conducted during April 27 -30, 2013, the timing of the conference was selected directly after the Global Action Week for Education, under the slogan “Every Child Needs a Teacher”. It included Arab and international participants in order to create bridges of dialogue and discussion among the various educational institutions on the goals, strategies mechanisms of educational reform in the Arab world.
The conference was attended by people from 13 countries all over the world (Latin America, North Ireland, Brazil, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq, Palestine, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia) who are from various educational main sectors including: the non-governmental organizations, Ministries of Education, Teachers’ Unions, university academics, educators, experts and media professionals, besides to the members of the coalitions in 10 Arab Countries and the ANHRE members in 10 Arab Countries. Representatives from UNESCO, UNRWA, GCE, DVV International, Foundation for Future and EI attended the conference as well.
The main goal of the conference was to open a platform of dialogue among Arab formal education institutions on one hand, and Arab, regional and international civil societies on the other, regarding educational reform in the Arab World, its goals, strategies and mechanisms.
The participants had come up with recommendation about what the prospects of education during the next decade, and education reform strategies based on the aspirations of Arab generations that were engaged in public movement that aims –even indirectly- to develop and reform education as it is a basic pillar for social freedom, justice and equality. Specifically, they came up with recommendations of the Educational reform in the Arab World and what are the possible procedures after the year of 2015 on the:
1) Educational policies,
2) Curricula
3) Teachers’ qualifications and needs.
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