The three-day workshop, which has brought together education experts from AU member states, aims at identifying effective strategies that will pave the way for a gender-sensitive educational system on the African continent, according to AU.
The Institution is at the forefront in materializing aspiration 6 of the Africa’s Agenda 2063 aimed, among others, to take advantage of the potential of the African women and girls by ensuring that their access to education is guaranteed in African countries.
Indeed, statistics show that out of 75 percent of girls starting schools, only 8 percent finish on the African continent.
In the same vein, the Education for All (EFA) Global monitoring report for 2013-2014 underlines that in sub-Saharan Africa, only 23 percent of poor girls will have completed primary education by the end of 2020.
Addressing the participants of the workshop, Febe Potgieter-Gqubule, Deputy Chief of Staff at the AU Commission, said the gender approach and education are key priorities of Agenda 2063, the 50 year continental development framework.
The Deputy Chief of Staff also highlighted that addressing the gender socialization issue in Africa’s schools would provide a better education system that would significantly contribute to unlock Africa’s development potential. Enditem
Source: Xinhua
