Experts for strengthening regional co-op for education for all

Experts and educationists on Monday called for strengthening regional cooperation to ensure education for all in Asia and Pacific region.

At a workshop they said it was very important to improve the 'non formal education delivery mechanism and capability development framework' for the non formal education teachers and facilitators and to provide inputs to prepare an action plan for operating in NFE sub-sector programme of Bangladesh.

UNESCO Dhaka in collaboration with the Bureau of Non-formal Education under the Ministry Of Primary And Mass Education organised the four-day capability building for education for all workshop at BARC Centre Inn in Dhaka.

Chaired by program specialist, Education of UNESCO Dhaka Kiichi Oyasu, the inaugural session of the workshop was addressed, among others, by Economic Relations Division secretary Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Primary and Mass Education secretary AKM Abdul Awal Chowdhury and Abdul Halim of UNESCO Bangkok office.

Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said the Bangladesh government has taken an ambitious target to enrol all children in schools by 2014.

He suggested building confidence among the beneficiaries, non-government organisations, stakeholders and political masters to achieve the target.

Referring to the contribution of development partners in enhancing education of Bangladesh, Musharraf said resource mobilisation is very important in this regard.

He also stressed taking steps under the public private partnership aiming at enhancing the quality of education as well as ensuring education for all.

AKM Abdul Awal Chow-dhury said Bangladesh government is very much committed to enhancing the quality of education by enrolling all children in schools.

'Bangladesh's efforts to enhance education have already been appreciated in the region as well as across the world,' he said.

Over 30 participants, including three experts from regional countries and three from UNESCO office are participating in the workshop.

The main objectives of the workshop are to review the draft NFE delivery mechanisms and capability development framework for NFE teachers and facilitators in Bangladesh, and to share experiences of the selected Asian countries in the NFE delivery and capacity development of NFE teachers and facilitators.

Source : New Age