President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged teachers to decolonise education in South Africa during the opening of the 10th Education International Africa Regional (EIAFR) conference on Tuesday at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
This year’s theme is entitled, “Standing Together for Resilient Education Systems in Times of Crisis”. “The project of decolonising education in Africa is not just a matter of academic interest. In many ways, it is a pressing need that others will say is a life and death matter because education is so important in the lives of people around the world,” Ramaphosa said.
“The impact of colonisation in many of our countries on our continent has a huge negative impact, and the whole process of decolonisation of education has become increasingly important.” This conference takes every four years however the hosting rotates among its members within the organisation as delegates adopt policies and receive reports.
This organisation is a world-wide union confederation of educators and teaching support workforces unions consisting of 383 member organisations in 178 countries and terrains representing more than 32 million members internationally.
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