From Midrand, South Africa, Behdja Lammali, Chairperson of the Committee on Transport, Industry, Communications, Energy, Science and Technology at the Pan-African Parliament and a representative of the National People’s Assembly, stressed the critical importance of meeting the food and security needs of the African continent, as announced in a statement from the Assembly last Sunday.
Speaking at a plenary session of the Pan-African Parliament, Ms. Lammali said Africa could not achieve comprehensive education as long as poverty, deprivation and insecurity continued to plague many of its regions. She called for the development of strategic and thoughtful plans to reform Africa’s education system to combat illiteracy and educational poverty.
She highlighted the example of Algeria in terms of investment in human capital, highlighting the benefits of such initiatives.
The plenary was also an opportunity to discuss mechanisms to guarantee universal education for all Africans, to achieve sustainable development in accordance with the African Union’s 2063 agenda, and to integrate artificial intelligence into the education and teaching systems of the continent.
The discussions also focused on the current situation of certain African regions, facing famine and deprivation due to various political, economic and social crises, as well as climate changes, such as drought and global warming, severely affecting the continent.
The National People’s Assembly was represented at this session by its permanent members in the Pan-African Parliament: Ms. Behdja Lammali, Mr. Mohammed Segres, member of the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline, and Mr. Fateh Boutbig, also member of the PAP.
