British Council African Ministers’ Forum – Press Release
27 January 2013
The British Council, Sub Sahara Africa, will host a one day Forum with several African Ministers for Education, including Minister of Education, Sport, Arts, and Culture, Senator David Coltart, to discuss globally emerging issues around the teaching of Science, Technology, English and Mathematics subjects (STEM) and its Impacts on Africa.
The theme for the British Council Africa Minister’s forum focuses on how teaching of STEM can better equip young people for the job market across Africa. They will discuss assessment of STEM to ensure that the right skills are being tested and not rote learning and what can be done to support STEM subject teachers to update
The discussions are expected to explore the best practices of STEM teaching around the British Council programmes for schools enrich education and develop 21st century skills by facilitating collaboration between schools around the world. In partnership with UKAid, British Council operates Connecting Classrooms, a programme that helps young people learn about global issues, giving them skills to work in a global economy. Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme for schools working in over 50 countries worldwide and 23 countries in Sub Sahara Africa.
The Forum will happen straight after the Educational World Forum (EWF) that takes place in London between Monday 28th and Wednesday 30th January 2013. The EWF is an internationally recognised Ministerial Forum for debating future policy and practice in education. It is sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Department of Education (DfE), the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the British Council and the EWF Industrial Partners. It brings together delegates from 70 countries representing 70% of the world’s population.
Former Secretary of State for Education and skills and initiator of the EWF, Charles Clarke will be joined by singer, songwriter author and education activist, Sir Bob Geldof to review the past decade of Education and give their views on the changes that need to made in the future.
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