UNESCO helps Gabon fund education reforms
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Infos Gabon
The Gabonese government and UNESCO discussed coordinating education reforms and technical support to prepare a new funding request to the Global Partnership for Education. Their talks also covered the governance of five clusters and improving learning, according to Infos Gabon.
Gabon and UNESCO reviewed the structure of their educational cooperation in Libreville, including preparations for a new request to the Global Partnership for Education to fund national reforms. The meeting brought together Gabon’s Minister of National Education and Civic Instruction, Jacqueline Ilogue épouse Bignoumba, and a delegation led by Patricio Zambrano Restrepo, UNESCO’s resident representative in Gabon, according to Infos Gabon.
The discussions include a scoping meeting and the formal establishment of the governing bodies of five clusters, to coordinate interventions and monitor programmes. Cooperation will also cover the rollout of Microsciences kits and teacher training to strengthen practical science teaching, as well as prevention, health and wellbeing in schools, according to Infos Gabon.
The meeting comes after Jacqueline Ilogue Bignoumba was appointed head of National Education on 17 October. It follows the review of checks on allowances paid to teachers, conducted by Gabonese authorities on 8 October.
