[wanabidii] 13 countries sits in Dar to discuss education

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chair of the Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam and Head Office and country Representative of UNESCO, Zulmira Rodrigues welcomes invited guests, dignitaries and key speakers during Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.(All photos by Zainul Mzige</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training Prof Joyce Ndalichako delivering key note address to officiate Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unesco Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Director Mrs Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta addressing Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">UNHCR Head Regional Services Center, Mrs Victoria Akyeampong, gives her statement at the National Forum Session during the Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Linda Madete from UNESCO Office Dar es Salaam gives out some of the education materials and brochures to invited guests during the Ministerial Sustainable Development Goals numbers 4 that focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all at the Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Prof Joyce Ndalichako (far left) arrives at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JINCC )to attend the Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Norwegian Ambassador to Tanzania, Hanne-Marie Kaarstad tete-a-tete with the UNHCR Representative to Tanzania, Chansa Ruth Kapaya at the Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania H.E Katarina Rangnitt gives a welcome remark on behalf of Diplomatic Corps at the Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African. Katarina emphasized on the importance of equipping young people with proper education and relevant skills to make them competent.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A cross section of ministers from Eastern Africa, Unesco officials and the SDG4 co- conveners (ILO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women, UNHCR and World Bank) listening attentively on various speakers at the ongoing Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of the invited dignitaries attending the Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Minister of State in the President's Office responsible for Regional Administration and Local Government (TAMISEMI), Hon  George Simbachawene and Norwegian Ambassador to Tanzania, Hanne-Marie Kaarstad (right)  follows  the Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Deputy Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training Eng. Stella Manyanya exchanging contacts with a disabled teacher Madam Sophia Mbeyela (centre) at the ongoing Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Group Photo.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training Prof. Joyce Ndalichako elaborates a point to reporters about the prons and cons of the Ministerial SDG4 Regional Forum for Eastern African in Dar es Salaam.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Minister of State in the President's Office responsible for Regional Administration and Local Government (TAMISEMI), Hon. George Simbachawene making a point during the press conference at the Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A cross section of Ministers and Journalists.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Zanzibar Minister of Education and Vocational Training Hon.Riziki Pembe shares her experience on how they have prioritized Sustainable Development Goals on Education in the Island.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Minister of Education &Human Resources  Tertiary Education & Scientific Research to the Republic of Mauritius, Leela Dookon Luchoomon gives testimony on her country achievement on education.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Minister of State for Primary Education in Uganda, Hon. Nansubuga Rosemary Seninde explains to reporters what it means to deal with children who do not want to attend schools in a bid to pursue compulsory education for all.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Minister of National Education and Vocational Training in the Republic of Djibouti, Hon. Moustapha Mohamed Mahamoud explaining challenges encounters in the education sector during the press conference.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">13 Ministers from Eastern Africa, Unesco and the SDG4 co- conveners (ILO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF, UN Women, UNHCR and World Bank) are in Dar es salaam to identify priorities and policy recommendations for a regional roadmap for the implementation of the SDG4- Education 2030 agenda and linkages with other SDGs;</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In two days meeting opened yesterday at Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JINCC) various people made different remarks on how to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Opening the floor to welcome all participants including ministers from Comoros, Djibout, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania  H.E Katarina Rangnitt spoke about Young people being given proper education with relevant skills to make them competent.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She talked about unlocking the potential of the people by keeping children in school and managing drop out with full knowledge that education is the tool to reach development goals.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"With the growing frustrations among the youth on lack of employment, climate change and disasters she asked participants to come out with practical solutions making sure that nobody is being left behind with a keen attention to kids with disabilities." She said.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She asked the participants to look at how global SDGs will be achieved in accordance to the national policies targets and plans.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking at the same meeting Mrs Victoria Akyeampong, UNHCR Head Regional Services Center spoke about the need to support people of concern so as to reach the goal as the agenda 2030 spoke about leaving no body behind.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She said refugees and migrants are in dire need of support because of the fragile situation they are. She said less than one percent of those people are enrolled in education. She asked the participants to increase access to refugees through digital education.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She also asked East Africans to look at the best way of including refugees in their national school as is being done in Cameroon Chad and Pakistan.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unesco Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Director Mrs Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta addressing the forum posed several question to the participants on priorities and what makes good education.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She said the forum was initiated to deal with the missing link by focusing difficult questions which are still puzzling the community.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On education, she asks about the environment, investment and if people are happy with the current education set up. She examined critically what does examinations do to the kids. If it is not only creating competitions and not happiness.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She wanted the participants to look and come out with the statement what are we supposed to do to have a true education. She said kids and the rest, learning should be joy and not otherwise and teaching should be joy too.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She remembered Mwalimu Nyerere, Tanzania Founding father, for his courage to insist on using local language to teach. She said by using local language as other nation like China and Japanese did we will create confidence to our people and allow mothers to teach their kids.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In her Key note address Hon Prof Joyce The Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, insisted the importance of the platform in transforming the East African society. She said the platform is an important platform and step in the construction of a common vision for the education 2030 agenda.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This is an important platform and step in the construction of a common vision for the Education 2030 Agenda, and for our countries to share National Road maps, to identify emerging common areas, and to identify common challenges and opportunities", said Ndalichako.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She said Tanzania is ready to engage in achieving the targets of SDG4.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She further added that the successful implementation of the SDG4 like any other programme, depends much on political will and support.</span></div>

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