Ghana to host African Confederation of Principals

Ghana will host the 8th African Confederation of Principals Conference (ACP) this year on  the theme: “Educating the African Child, Walking the Policy Talk.’’

The four - day Conference to be held at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in September, 2014, will be the second to be hosted by Ghana’s Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS): the last being in 2002.

Membership of the ACP of selected African nations include Lesotho, South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Ghana.

According to the Vice President of the ACP, Mr Samuel Ofori-Adjei, who is also the President of CHASS, the ACP 2014 edition will feature presentations from international and national professionals on wide range of issues facing secondary school education in Africa, including strategies for the continent’s educational system to maintain a competitive edge globally.

Meanwhile, the President of the ACP, Mr Bonus P. Ndimbo of Tanzania led a 5-man inspection team, including Daudi H. Mulongo, Treasurer of Uganda; John Awiti of Kenya; and Nicodemus Bore of Kenya, the ACP Secretariat Administrator, to discuss preparation updates on the ACP event, including inspecting the venue of the conference and other logistic arrangements.

The ACP President, in his departure comments, said his team was impressed with preparations made by the Local Organizing Committee and look forward to refreshing sessions that will add value to the continent’s secondary school delivery system.