African Union merges science and education bodies

The African Union has merged its ministerial bodies on science and education with the aim of providing better advice to governments, it was announced last week.
The move has resulted in the dissolution of the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology, and the creation of a new body, the Specialised Technical Committee on Education, Science and Technology (STC-EST). This committee met for the first time late last month, it emerged at the World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary, on 3-8 November. More...

The African Union has merged its ministerial bodies on science and education with the aim of providing better advice to governments, it was announced last week.
 
The move has resulted in the dissolution of the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology, and the creation of a new body, the Specialised Technical Committee on Education, Science and Technology (STC-EST). This committee met for the first time late last month, it emerged at the World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary, on 3-8 November - See more at: http://www.scidev.net/global/governance/news/african-union-merges-science-education.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global/global_rss.xml#sthash.Yctvn3gh.dpuf