The purpose of the Forum is to facilitate dialogue on critical issues in teacher education among the leadership of African faculties and

schools of education.

The role of ADEF as a focal point of the UNESCO Teacher Task Force was discussed at the University of Rwanda in Kigali in August 2017.

Ideas for a cohesive project that would leverage the expertise and capacity of ADEF to support Sustainable Development Goal 4 was

discussed. The idea to create a doctoral network with a focus on teacher education in Africa received the full support of the meeting. The

Steering Committee was mandated to explore and develop the idea of a doctoral network in teacher education.

Dr Edem Adubra (Head of the Secretariat, International Task Force on Teachers for Education for All (EFA, UNESCO) accepted ADEF as a

recognised member of the UNESCO International Teachers Task Force and to serve as the voice of African deans on the platform.