National Coalition
Mozambique - MEPT

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Education for All Movement (MEPT), Movimento de Educação para Todos, ActionAid, FAWE, ADEMO, ESAM, ADPP, CONCERN, Forum Muhler, Oxfam, HELVETAS, TROMODER, KULIMA, AFDC, PROLIDE, CCM, ONP/SNP, LDC, PROGRESSO, AMODESE, Save the Children, IBIS

What happened in Action Week 2009?
The national Action Week launch took place in Maputo was attended by the Vice-Minister for Education and the National Director of Literacy and Adult Education. The team organized a live debate which was broadcast on national television. There was strong representation of the donor community, UNESCO, UNICEF, and other partners. A large group of volunteer Adult Education trainers and their students also came to make their presence felt on the day.

One of the main activities was a presentation by Dr. Agneta Lind, a leading expert on Lifelong learning and Adult Education. Mozambique is in fact performing well in its attempts to reduce illiteracy among adults and youth but all present agreed that there were still many challenges ahead - particularly in terms of funding and quality. This was followed by a live televised debate with representatives of MEPT, UNESCO LIFE, the National Director for Lifelong Learning and Adult Education and others.

What happened in Action Week 2008?
The national coalition, MEPT invited the Ministry of Education to participate in the World’s Biggest Lesson across all ten provinces of the country. The Deputy Minister for Education was invited to a school with no chairs, desks, or glass in the windows, where children struggle to study, and was taught the lesson.

For many of those involved in the campaign this was the first opportunity they had to sit in a classroom, including adult learners and children who had been excluded from education because of poverty, disability or becoming orphaned.

The lesson was also taught by internationally renowned musician Stewart Sukuma with the help of some children from the local communities. The week also saw the release of a study carried out on the FTI funding mechanism.

The Big Event saw the presentation of the first annual prizes for excellence in journalism on the subject of Education for All. This is an initiative carried out by MEPT with the support of UNESCO, MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa) and SNJ (National Union of Journalists). The day concluded with performances of music and dance by local and national groups.