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SUNDAY, 28th JULY 2019

09:00 – 20:00

Registration of Participants

 

DAY 1: MONDAY, 29th JULY 2019

08:00 – 08:30

Arrival of participants

08:50 – 10:30

Official Opening Ceremony

10:30 – 11:00

Health Break

11:00 – 13:00

Plenary Session: Setting the stage: Keynote address, Key Messages and Ministerial Roundtable

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:00

Group Sessions: Fostering Relevant Knowledge and Skills

 

Group Session A: What skills do African young people need to gain at the secondary level, given the changing nature of work?

Group Session B: How do secondary education curricula and pedagogy need to change in Africa to deliver skills relevant to the future of work?

Group Session C: What is the place for technical and vocational training within secondary education?

Group Session D: How can we develop a highly skilled teaching workforce to meet growing demand for secondary education?

16:00 – 16:30

Health Break

16:30 – 17:00

Plenary Session: Presentation of reports from the 4 group sessions

17:00 – 18:00

Plenary Session: Moving the secondary education transformation agenda forward through an ICQN on Secondary Education

19:00

Dinner: Department of Basic Education, South Africa

 

DAY 2: TUESDAY, 30th JULY 2019

09:00 – 10:30

Plenary Session: Recap of Day 1: Ministerial Roundtable: How have countries approached education reform?

10:30 – 11:00

Health Break

11:00 – 12:30

Group Sessions: Flexible Pathways for Diverse Young People

 

Group Session A: How can we make education systems more flexible to accommodate all youth?

Group Session B: How can systems promote stronger linkages between general and technical pathways?

Group Session C: Can innovation in education technology help to deliver at scale more flexible secondary education?

Group Session D: Perspectives of private sector on secondary education reform

12:30 – 13:00

Plenary Session: Presentation of reports from the 4 group sessions

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:00

Media Briefing

14:30 – 16:00

Group Sessions: Financing for Equity

 

Group Session A: How do we strike the right balance in financing different levels of the education system?

Group Session B: How can we finance secondary education in a way that targets the poorest?

Group Session C: What system level efficiencies might help open fiscal space to finance secondary education?

Group Session D: Perspectives of youth engagement on secondary education reform

16:00 – 16:30

Health Break

16:30 – 17:30

Plenary Session: Presentation of reports from the 4 group sessions

18:00 – 19:00

Official Closing Ceremony

19:00 – 19:45

Press Conference


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