SPONSORED FEATUREForging strategic partnershipsAfrica Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA) is committed to partnershipsfor inclusive quality education in Africa, before and after 2015Participants of the third General Assembly of ANCEFA, which took place in Dakar, Senegal on 10 November 2012Africa Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA) is avoluntary, non-partisan and not-for-profit network of nationalcivil society organisations in 35 countries in Africa, championingthe cause for quality education. Its secretariat is in Dakar, Senegal, butit has regional programme offices in Lome, Togo; Lusaka, Zambia; andNairobi, Kenya.ANCEFA has existed since the Dakar World Education Forum in2000 and its strategic focus areas are 1) campaigning for the financingof equitable and inclusive quality education for all; 2) ensuring nationalaccountability; 3) promoting quality teaching and learning and 4)institutional strengthening of ANCEFA.ANCEFA believes in forging strategic partnerships as central forpromoting the right to education in Africa, where 29.6 million of theworld’s 57.8 million out-of-school children live. Unfortunately, fundingto ensure more children have access to quality education is limited, withUNESCO reporting the first ever decline in aid to basic education fromUS$6.2 billion in 2010 to US$5.8 billion in 2011. These challenges requirestrong partnerships to address.ANCEFA’s commitment to partnership has been demonstrated in thepast ten years in the network’s advocacy for the right to quality inclusiveeducation in Africa. The network has managed to maintain partnershipswith at least 15 International institutions, including the African Union,UNESCO and Global Campaign for Education. In 2013, ANCEFA signeda landmark five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the AfricanUnion Commission to promote education on the continent. ANCEFA hasworked with UNESCO in mobilising participation of NGOs in regional andinternational policy forums such as the Global Education Meetings and theEFA Big Push initiative in African countries.Fruits of such partnership have included: enhanced capacity of civilsociety in policy analysis, monitoring and advocacy; increased financialresources for education; and enhanced attention towards access toeducation, particularly for the marginalised and vulnerable, such aschildren with special needs, girls and orphans. In many countries, throughbudget tracking and community monitoring of service delivery, there isenhanced governance and accountability in the education sector.Looking ahead, particularly to the period after 2015, ANCEFA willseek to maintain existing partnerships and forge new partnerships withvarious cooperating partners. This recognises that the post-2015 demandfor pro-poor policy and effective implementation will require joint strategicplanning, joint capacity building interventions and evidence-basedadvocacy to bring real change in the lives of people.As such, ANCEFA would like to call upon various institutions atnational, regional, international and global levels to contact and work withANCEFA in the noble cause of promoting the right to inclusive qualityeducation in Africa before and after 2015.ANCEFA ContactsThe Regional Coordinator, ANCEFA Secretariat, AmitiéIII n°4566 B, BP# 3007, Dakar Yoff, Senegal.Telephone(s): +221 33 824 22 44; +260 9 775 11250.Email(s): ancefa@orange.sn; lnsapato@gmail.comWebsite: www.ancefa.org
SHARING KNOWLEDGE1252ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONThe MDG focus on minimum achievements – such as on primary school enrolment numbers – did not capturethe challenges of middle-income countries, now home to the majority of the world’s poor. It also overlooked thedangers of developmental bottlenecks, where the lack of educational standards, teacher training and investmentin secondary education creates a cycle that defies the objective of Goal 2. The new goals should address this andensure that education targets also promote lifelong learning and training that supports employability.TARGET2.AEnsure that, by 2015, children everywhere,boys and girls alike, will be able to completea full course of primary schoolingAdjusted net enrolment rate for primaryeducation, 1990, 2000 and 2012 (%)Sub-Saharan AfricaOceania*Western Asia52607869Latin America and the CaribbeanSouth-Eastern AsiaSouthern AsiaCaucasus and Central Asia**Eastern AsiaNorthern Africa898486938794949393947580949595979697809099Quick factsHalf of the58 millionout-of-school children ofprimary school age live inconflict-affected areasmore than60%of them arewomenTotal aid to educationdisbursements, 2002–2011(Constant 2011 US$ billions)Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach the last grade ofprimary education, 1990, 2000 and 2011 (%)100781 millionadults lack basicliteracy skills2.71.13.020024.41.220034.21.420044.71.320055.11.720065.32.020075.02.020085.62009Basic education Secondary educationPost-secondary education5.72.5 2.520105.42.23.3 3.6 4.2 4.6 5.1 5.2 6.2 6.2 5.82011Developed regionsDeveloping regions9697968060401990 2000 2012*Data not available for 2000**Data not available for 1990For related SDGs: 4 and 8, see:http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/focussdgstml808390200OceaniaSub-SaharanAfricaSouthernAsiaLatinAmericaand theCaribbeanWesternAsiaSouth-EasternAsiaNorthernAfricaEasternAsiaCaucasus Developingand regionsCentral AsiaDevelopedregions1990 2000 2011 Note: 1990 data for Caucasus and Central Asia not available.Source: UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2014GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2014
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