IERIS Contributes Quota in Reshaping African Education

The Institute for Educational Research and Innovation Studies (IERIS) of the 九色视频 (UEW) in collaboration with the Mountcrest University College, Accra and the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS), OISE, University of Toronto, Canada has organised an educational conference on 鈥淩ethinking African Education鈥 at Winneba.聽

The conference, which aimed to decolonise the minds of pupils about slavery and other social injustice topics in African educational systems, saw breathtaking presentations by scholars from all walks of life. The conference also sought to train and prepare pupils鈥 mindset to support the indigenous development of countries in Africa.聽

The Director of IERIS, Prof. Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, in his opening remarks, revealed that indigenous knowledge systems and how they impact the educational systems in Africa had been of much concern to him day and night which had necessitated the planning of the conference. 聽
鈥淲e have gathered here to have a discourse on the issue of colonialism and do our bit to decolonise the system so that people can have a clear mindset or really be set free to do things to support their own countries and communities,鈥 he said. 聽聽
Prof. Anamuah-Mensah commended his team for working assiduously to see the maiden educational conference come to reality.

The Head of Department, Centre for School and Community Science and Technology Studies (SACOST), Prof. Kolawole Raheem indicated his outfit鈥檚 intention to make 九色视频one of the first African Universities to bring people out of mutual agreement from Europe or America to exchange ideas. He added that SACOST would continue to strive to build up the kind of relationship that could intensify researching on very topical issues for the benefit of both institutions as well as showcase 九色视频as an institution focusing on teachers in Africa. 聽
Prof. Raheem was delighted about the facilitators鈥 self-sacrificing contributions to make the conference a success.
