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OAS Hosts Tenth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education

  July 3, 2019

The Tenth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education will be held at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC on Monday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 9.

The highest educational authorities of the hemisphere will seek to approve issues regarding the Plan of Action for the Inter-American Educational Agenda, which has three axes: quality, inclusivity, and equity within education; strengthening the teaching profession; and comprehensive attention to early childhood.

The event will be opened by the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, and the Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Antigua and Barbuda, Michael Browne, at 9:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) on Monday.

The agenda of the meeting is available here.

The meeting will be broadcast live - on the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page

Press Contact: Mónica Reyes ([email protected])

WHAT: Tenth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education

WHEN: July 8 and 9 at 9:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)

WHERE: Simon Bolivar Room
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006

Reference: E-140/19