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Review of Programmes 2011
Improving Enrolment and Retention of Girls in Primary
Schools in South Sudan
Vocational Skills for
Nomadic Pastoralists
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Welcome to AET
AET has a simple aim, it is to help children and young people in Africa to get a good education. AET has been working to improve education in Africa for over fifty years. In 1957, Michael Scott, one of the founders when speaking at the United Nations noted that Education is the Key to Development. That was true then and it is still true today.
It is through education that we can best help to alleviate poverty in Africa. Each year of education increases a persons life long earnings. The children of educated women are more likely to be healthy and more likely to become educated themselves. The Africa Educational Trust works in some of the poorest countries in Africa, places which have been affected not only by poverty, famine and drought but which have also been affected by conflict and war, places like Somalia, South Sudan and Northern Uganda.
Story of the week
Last week Head Teachers representing 27 secondary schools supported by AET in Central South Somalia came to AET Mogadishu office to receive new school equipment. The SAPIS (Strengthening Access and Participation in Secondary Schools) Regional Coordinator began the handover ceremony by sharing with school heads and members from the Ministry of Education the logistical difficulties encountered in transporting the anticipated goods within unstable
regions.Equipment included photocopiers, printers, projectors, generators, PC's, laptops, microscopes and stationary. Those attending took time to appreciate AET's continued commitment to the region. Mr Abuu (head of exams) from the MOE said "when we meet in meetings we always mention the excellent job that AET is doing for our country, compared to other INGO's or even UN agencies". The equipment was bought from funds received from the EU who support this project. See more information on the project here.
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'All of us, including the Africa Educational Trust, must continue to do whatever lies in our power to advance the cause of education for all in Africa'
Mwalimu Julius K Nyerere
Former President of Tanzania
Michael Scott Lecture