The programme on Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development for Africa is a response to the growing number of social issues faced by African young people, particularly girls. Adolescent pregnancies, unemployment, street children, child prostitutes, HIV victims, drug abuse in the young and school dropouts are foremost among the concerns of African Ministers of Education. They have decided that the time has come for education systems to play a more active role in the growth and the development of young people.
Following the four technical working committee meetings of the thirteen countries in the English-speaking region held since 1996, a technical working committee was established that then entrusted responsibility for preparing the individual modules on selected topics to the following countries or specialists:
