GA of ARNECAO

On 18-22 February 2019 the General Assembly of the Association of national leaders of Catholic Education in West Africa (ARNECAO) met in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso. In the reunion took part Mali, Niger, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Senegal (excused) and Gambia.

3rd SUMMIT OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION OF NIGERIA, ABUJA

At the invitation of the CSN (Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria), and Father Bernard Asogo, National Secretary of the CSN’s Committee on Catholic Education, the Secretary General attended the 3rd National Catholic Education Summit of Nigeria which was held in Abuja from 15-17 October. More than 600 participants from across the country gathered in the presence of several Nigerian Bishops around…

News from the Central African Republic

We received from the Secretary General of the ECAC (Associate Catholic Teaching of Central African Republic), Paul GUINIMANGUIMI, the information that the Central African Government has decided to close 32 confessional institutions in the CAR for various administrative reasons, such as : missing opening authorization, missing renewal of the opening authorization, non-compliance with closure decisions or inadequate infrastructure. The OIEC…

Meeting of the National Leaders of West Africa

From March 13th to 17th, national Leaders of Catholic teaching of West Africa met in Mbour, Senegal. Were represented Senegal, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, as well as Gambia, an English-speaking country that took part in this meeting for the first time. Before arriving in Mbour, the General Secretary visited Conakry (Guinea Conakry) where he could meet…

News from Camerun

“In Cameroon, we are just coming out of two national meetings, the Annual General Assembly of Cameroon Catholic secondary schools’ Directors (February, 21st-22nd 2017 in Yaoundé), whose topic was: ‘Catholic school face the challenge of integral human education’. And from February 23rd to 24th, 2017, was held the Standing Committee of Diocesan Secretaries for Catholic Education of Cameroon and the…

A new OIEC region is emerging in Africa.

According to the statutes of the OIEC, the gathering of several national directions of Catholic teaching constitutes a region. Each region has the structures and the organisation that suits it best and elects or appoints its General Secretary. The region participates in the purpose and objectives of the Office. At the General Assembly in Rome (2015), it was requested that…