IATT on Education Symposium on the Missing 10%

Del 27-11-2007 al 29-11-2007 (Kenya) 

More than 150 participants attended the IATT Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya on ‘The Missing 10% - HIV & AIDS and the Education Sector in sub-Saharan Africa’. This included around 40 members of the IATT on Education, 35 Ministry of Education focal points from different countries in West, Central and Eastern Africa, and participants from Kenyan institutions and agencies.

The Symposium, hosted by the Ford Foundation in collaboration with the Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), focused on evidence and interventions to date to ensure the access, retention, and completion of educational opportunities for all children, including those affected or infected by HIV. Commissioned papers addressed three overarching themes:

HIV & AIDS and schooling in sub-Saharan Africa

Presentations:
· The Missing 10% and Beyond: HIV/AIDS and Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (Eileen Nkwanga)

· Factors Affecting Transition to Secondary Education in Africa (Wycliffe Otieno and Daniel K’Oliech)

Policy Brief:
The Missing 10% and Beyond: HIV/AIDS and Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (Eileen Nkwanga)

Universal access to formal education in sub-Saharan Africa: problems and prospects

· Strategies for Universalizing Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (Frederick Gravenir and Gerald Wangenge-Ouma)

· Interventions to Enhance Transition to Secondary Schools among Children in Africa (Moses Oketch)

Schooling outcomes and coping strategies among orphans in Kenyan slums

· Orphanhood and Schooling Outcomes among the Urban Poor in Nairobi, Kenya (Evangeline Nderu)

· Managing to Stay in School: Coping Strategies of Orphans in Kenyan Slums
(Moses Ngware)

The final papers will be made available shortly for wider dissemination. Drafts can be requested from: info-iatt@unesco.org.