15th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Education, Science and Technology, Culture and Sports ongoing in Arusha

Written on 06 June 2019. Posted in Education, Science & Technology News

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania 5^th June, 2019: A five-day East African Community Sectoral Council Meeting on Education, Science and Technology, Culture and Sports is currently ongoing at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

The 15^th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Education, Science and Technology, Culture and Sports started with the Session of Senior Officials on 3^rd June, 2019 and ends Wednesday, 5^th June, 2019. The Coordination Committee or the Session of Permanent/Principal/Under Secretaries will be held on Thursday, 6^th June, 2019, and the Ministerial Session on Friday, 7^th June, 2019.

Among the items on the agenda of the Meeting are: Consideration of Education and Training matters; Consideration of Culture and Sports matters; Consideration of Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) matters; Consideration of East African Kiswahili Commission (EAKC) matters, and; Consideration of East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO) matters.

Under the agenda item Consideration of Education and Training Matters, the Sectoral Council is looking at: Implementation of EAC Students Essay Writing Competition; Implementation of Mutual Recognition Agreements, and; Pending Activities in Harmonization of EAC Education Systems, Structures and Frameworks.

On the Consideration of EAKC matters, the items under focus include: Kiswahili and Development Interventions in the EAC; Development of Principles and Guidelines of Kiswahili Training Programmes and Manuals; Centres of advanced study and research in Kiswahili; Translation of EAC Treaty into Kiswahili; Development of an East Kiswahili Commission Bill, and; EAKC and Kiswahili Associations.

-ENDS-

For more information, please contact:

Mr Owora Richard Othieno
Head, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
EAC Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 784 835021
Email: OOthieno [at] eachq.org

About the East African Community Secretariat:

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of five Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. 

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