Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 697838,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/697838/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 249,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "Other fora ran parallel to this. They included youth, teachers, stakeholders, civil servants organisations, academia and private and post-secondary and tertiary education leaders. These fora independently discussed and made recommendations that were taken into account in the Ministerial Communique. The composition of the delegation included, as I said earlier, Sen. (Prof.) Lesan, the Committee secretariat and I as the Chairman. It was noted that Kenya was an important country in the world particularly a friend of commonwealth education ministers. This is also in the sense that it played a very important role in Africa and more so in the Commonwealth. This is the main forum in which members can discuss key issues and prioritise for education as Commonwealth Education Ministers. The last time such a gathering was held was in 1959 at Oxford in the United Kingdom. This is where they inaugurated the Commonwealth Scholarship & Fellowship Plan. Since then, education ministers have been coming together every three years. In 2015, the 19th Conference, the theme was: “Quality Education for Equitable Development Performance Parts and Productivity” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this one was focusing on action which provided more than a billion Commonwealth citizens with access to good quality education and skills that will enable them to contribute to sustainable economic and social development. This meeting came at a pivotal time at the internationally agreed goals for education, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Education for All (EFAs). These came to an end and were replaced by a new post-2015 development agenda in the shape of sustainable development goals. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, although great advances had been made over the past 15 years through the MDGs and the EFAs, there were still over 20Million primary aged children out of school in the Commonwealth and 460 million illiterate adults. This meeting was therefore an opportunity for member countries to come together to agree on the priorities for education in the Commonwealth in the context of wider international goals for development. The Committee extends its gratitude to the Office of the Speaker and the Clerk of the Senate for the logistical and technical input. The Committee also expresses gratitude to its Members who represented the Committee at this conference and for their immense contributions towards production of this Report. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is therefore my pleasant duty and privilege, on behalf of the Standing Committee on Education, to Table the Report as we are now discussing. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, may I ask Sen. (Prof.) Lesan to Second."
}