Les attentes du SIEF 2014
SIEF 2014 est une plateforme de discussion et d’exposition de l’éducation et de la formation au Cameroun depuis les États généraux de l’Éducation de 1993. Ce salon compte porter et re-penser l’éducation et la formation dans une perspective de leur discussion et de leur évaluation dans l’optique de l’Émergence.
SIEF recevra, sous plus de ses 200 stands attendus, plus de 2000 visiteurs par jour, des experts et des délégations, organismes et hommes de renom en éducation et en formation du Cameroun, de la sous-région et à l’international.
Cette première édition qui se tient à Yaoundé aura comme invitée spéciale la Turquie.

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) contributes to the Global Inventory of National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs). This inventory is prepared by two EU agencies, namely the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), and two UNESCO units, namely UNESCO’s section for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-TVET) and UIL. More...

By Irene Friesenhahn. Irene Friesenhahn rounds up sources of online information, highlighting key initiatives on Africa’s higher education
Several organisations address higher education in Africa through their work. The Carnegie Corporation of New York and UN agencies including UNESCO and the World Bank provide great online resources.
In 1980 UNESCO set up the African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI), a regional NGO that facilitates collaboration and strengthens capacity for training and research. More...

The number of black students attending university needs to rise for South Africa's economic development to improve, statistician general Pali Lehohla said on Wednesday.
A mere 3.2 percent of blacks aged between 18 and 29 attended university in 2013, he told reporters in Pretoria at the release of Statistics SA's 2013 General Household Survey.
White attendance in the same demographic was 18.7 percent, 9.2 percent for Indians and Asians, and 3.1 percent for coloureds. More...