The Second Decade of Education for Africa was a successor to the First Decade of Education for Africa from 1997-2006. In recognition of the
importance of getting it right in education in Africa, the sixth ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union adopted a resolution to launch a Second Decade of Education for Africa, and endorsed the Framework for Action earlier adopted to that effect by the Second Conference of African Ministers of Education (COMEDAF II).

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