Education Commission (Unesco) Education Commission debates underway
23 October 2007
Minister of Education, Naledi Pandor, and Education Director General, Duncan
Hindle, are attending the Unesco Education Commission today in Paris.
The Education Commission is meeting on 22 to 24 and 27 October to determine
the future strategy and main lines of action of Unesco's work in Education.
As part of the 34th session of the general conference, the commission will
adopt Unesco's education programme and budget for the next two years. The
commission work agenda will be centred on five debates:
* consideration and adoption of the draft medium-term strategy for 2008 to
2013
* consideration and adoption of the draft programme and budget for 2008 to
2009
* implementation of 33 C/resolution 70 concerning educational and cultural
institutions in the occupied Arab territories
* report by the Director-General on the work accomplished on Education for All
(EFA)
* preparation of the draft programme and budget for 2010 to 2011.
Issued by: Department of Education
23 October 2007
Source: Department of Education (http://www.education.gov.za)
