CENTRAL
AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Setting
up of the National Multi-sectoral Co-ordinating Committee and the
Drafting Committee for the EFA Action plan.
The
Minister for National Education and Higher Education has appointed
a National EFA Co-ordinator and set up a National Multi-sectoral
EFA Co-ordinating and Follow-up Committee as well as a Drafting
Committee for the National EFA Action Plan.
The
National EFA Co-ordinating and Follow-up Committee which is chaired
by the National EFA Co-ordinator, is made up of representatives
of the ministries, UNICEF, the French Co-operation, the NGO representative,
the representative of the teachers' union, the employers' representative
and the representative of the Central African National Commission
for UNESCO.
The
Committee's aims are to:
-
ernsure the preparation and implementation of the National EFA
Action Plan;
- sensitise
and mobilise EFA partners and propose remedial measures;
-
readjust the EFA Plan during its execution through a more sophisticated
follow-up mechanism and within the available financial means;
-
prepare quarterly reports and report to the Government, EFA Sponsors
and donors;
-
organise EFA meetings and seminars.
A
drafting team for the National EFA Action Plan, headed by the National
EFA Coordinator has also been constituted. This team is made of
representatives of the ministries, the representative of the public
and private sector teachers' union, the representative of UNICEF
and that of the Central African National Commission for UNESCO.
A $61,000 project document jointly prepared by the Yaounde Office
and the Ministry of Education, was submitted to the EFA Sponsors.
Contact
: Paul MPAYI MANA,
Education
expert, UNESCO Yaoundé
E-mail : p.mpayimana@unesco.org
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