The AU Year of Education has inspired the East African Community (EAC) member states – in partnership with the Regional Education Learning Initiative Africa (RELI-Africa), the People’s Action for Learning (PAL) Network, the African Curriculum Association (ACA), with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) to organise a regional conference and a call to action towards achieving holistic learning for all children in the region. The EAC Regional conference is, therefore, a call for joint action and for “restlessness in reflecting on learning as a pressing social justice issue in the region”. Rather than be-labour challenges, the conference adopts a solutions-focus, sharing innovations and evidence on what has worked in our context, with a strong call to commit for our children.

The conference will bring together a cross-section of participants from the 8 Partner States of the EAC as well as select participants from other African countries. The target audience will be high-level officials (Ministers or Principal Secretaries), policymakers (curriculum officers, ministry officials, parliamentarians), teachers, students, development partners, Civil society organisations, and research/academic institutions.