• EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US
PML Daily
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
No Result
View All Result
PML Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home AFRICA

COVID-19 exacerbates challenges in Africa’s education system – AU

XINHUA NEWS AGENCY | PML Daily Content PartnerbyXINHUA NEWS AGENCY | PML Daily Content Partner
September 22, 2020
11 0
8
SHARES
164
VIEWS
FacebookWhatsAppTwitter
Some of the African Union members in a group photo after a summit (PHOTO/File).

ADDIS ABABA — The African Union (AU) Commission on Sunday said that the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education system.

“The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education system and reinforces the need for fit, context innovative and scalable solutions in education,” the 55-member pan African bloc said in a statement issued on Sunday.

Noting the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Africa’s education system, the AU commission also stressed that “there is the need to promote innovation in the entire education and skills development ecosystems, taking advantage of the digital revolution, in order to increase its impact and also ensure that disadvantaged groups are not left out.”

AU also launched an initiative that envisaged promoting homegrown sustainable education innovations across Africa that are capable of mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 in the education sector.As part of the newly launched initiative, the AU Commission also called for promising homegrown sustainable education innovations to be supported with up to 100,000 U.S. dollars in funding and technical assistance towards being scaled.

According to the AU, the innovation should “either be in the phase of piloting or implementation in Africa with some demonstrated success with focus on one or more aspects of the education delivery system including data and analytics, teaching and learning management software, teaching and learning materials, connectivity of schools, assessment, education hardware and infrastructure, and school administration.”

The innovation should also enable access to education and improved quality of delivery for those who are unable to access existing services; demonstrate a scalable, sustainable business and financing model, as well as provide services to consumers at lower prices than existing alternatives, it was noted.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Related

Leave a comment

Tags: african leadersAUtop

Get real time update about this post categories directly on your device, subscribe now.

Unsubscribe


About

The PML Daily, published via www.pmldaily.com is a publication of Post Media Ltd, a professional Digital/New Media company in Uganda.

Follow us



  • EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US

© 2023

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines

© 2023

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist