From May 29 to 30, 2010, Tunisia hosted a think tank meeting on the theme: "Education for All: from Quality to Excellence".
The meeting was organized by the Tunisian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture, jointly with regional organizations.
Held at the initiative of the UNESCO National Commission for Euro-Arab Dialogue, the meeting focused on how to set up the basics of quality education.
It also focused on the key role played by organizations, such as ALECSO, ISESCO and UNESCO, to take up the challenges inherent to the edification of a knowledge society by enhancing education.
The meeting discussed the approach adopted by Tunisia to improve methods and curricula of pre-school education and devise a new program to upgrade primary schools and basic and secondary education by making the most of new technologies in the educational system, enriching school life by diversifying cultural and leisure activities and instilling among young learners the culture of voluntary work and the spirit of initiative and community action from the very first school years.
The event is attended by experts and representatives of organizations from Arab and European countries members of the Euro-Arab Dialogue Group, as well as representatives of the civil society.
The Euro-Arab Dialogue was launched at the initiative of the Tunisian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture and the UNESCO German Commission, at a meeting as part of the 46th International Conference on Education held in September 2001, in Geneva.
The Dialogue aims at urging the civil society's components and social players to support the goals of UNESCO's programs in the education, science, culture and communication sectors by means of co-operation mechanisms between the two regions' national commissions and joint co-operation programs.
© Tunisia Online News 2010
