UIL will participate in the Biennale organized by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) on the theme "Beyond Primary Education: Challenges of and Approaches to Expanding Learning Opportunities in Africa". This meeting will focus on post-primary education and training. Around 600 participants from Ministries of Education, bilateral and multilateral agencies, as well as education professionals, are expected to attend the meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, from 5-9 May 2009.
UIL will contribute presentations and papers on LLL connections and post-primary and post-basic approaches and strategies to provide quality education and training to out-of-school children and youth in Africa within a context of lifelong learning. A major priority will be to explore the contribution of national qualification frameworks and recognition of non-formal and informal learning to the integration and articulation of post-primary education and training in Africa.
As a member of the ADEA Working Group on Non-formal Education, UIL has commissioned studies that will be presented in a session devoted to non-formal education. All of these studies will be available online on the Biennale Website