Contact: UNESCO Pretoria Office, P.O. Box 11667, The Tramshed,
Pretoria 0126, SOUTH AFRICA. Tel.: +27 (12) 338-5302; Fax.: +27 (12)
320-7738. Other contact: Dr. S. Van der Vynckt, Senior Education Adviser, UNESCO Dakar Office; Tel: +221 849-2310; Fax: +221 823-8393

UNESCO's Education actions in South Africa during 1998/1999 attempted to respond to the curriculum transformation process. In mid-1998, the Pretoria Office was re-enforced with additional Education Staff and a purposeful effort was made toward continuity while paying particular attention to emerging issues and concerns arising from the reform process and the new Curriculum.

A number of Education Programme activities in South Africa --- on-going, or in the pipeline --- outlined below, provide a useful basis of exploring co-operative links between South Africa and other African countries, especially in the SADC sub-region, within the framework of the follow-up to MINEDAF VII. 

• UNESCO Youth and Education Southern Africa initiative: Children and Youth at risk of school failure and marginalization 
• Improving conditions of teaching and learning 
• Support to the new curriculum reform process
  • Environmental education 
  • Technical and vocational education 
  • Special Needs Education 
  • HIV/AIDS prevention: Relevant educational materials for schools 
• Education for All 2000 Assessment 
• Improving teaching and learning in higher education
• Education of girls and women