Education and Africa : Twin Priorities of UNESCO Director-General at Education Funding Conference in Dakar

girls-womens-education-prize-copyright-un-l-abassi.jpg © UNESCO 01 February 2018The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay is in Senegal from 1 to 3 February on the occasion of the Financing Conference of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) taking place in Dakar. It is the first visit to Africa of the Director-General illustrating the priority of the education sector and the cross cutting priority given to the African continent. UNESCO is the United Nations agency in charge of coordinating efforts worldwide to provide universal quality education by 2030 of which the Global Partnership…

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