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25.06.2012 - UNESCO Office in Santiago

Regional monitoring report on progress toward quality education for all in Latin America and the Caribbean, EFA 2012

The first intergovernmental meeting of the Regional Education Project for Latin America and the Caribbean (PRELAC) was held on 14–16 November 2002 in Havana, Cuba. The ministers of education in attendance at the meeting approved the Havana Declaration, which ratified their political support for the Project.

At the second PRELAC intergovernmental meeting, held in Buenos Aires on 29–30 March 2007, the education ministers in attendance reaffirmed the need to intensify support to achieve quality education for all as a common good, basic human right, and responsibility of society as a whole.

During the discussions, the ministers pledged to support UNESCO actions to coordinate and follow up on PRELAC and called for the continuation and strengthening of its role as a driving force in building cooperation among countries in the region to achieve the right to quality education for all. The ministers also asked that information be collected to orient decision making on educational policies and practices, under the assumption that information on the state of education in the region is crucial for designing, executing and evaluating such policies and for advancing the public debate on education.

This document was prepared in response to this mandate. It is intended to contribute to national efforts in this area by offering a regional perspective on the state of education with regard to the accomplishment of the right to Education for All (EFA). It also seeks to strengthen regional cooperation between the Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile and its member states, in order to further common educational goals.

Without a doubt, education is an area facing major challenges that affect the present and future of millions of people in our region. This document supports the design of educational policies by offering a baseline of what has been achieved to date and identifying work that still needs to be done.




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