Editorial News of Wednesday, 2 June 1999

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The High Street Journal

The Minister of Education, Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, left Accra last week as head of Ghana?s delegation to the 150th Executive Board meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Paris, France, reports the High Street Journal in a front page story.

The paper says Ghana?s delegation. along with other delegates of the 58-member Executive Board, will deliberate on global strategies for eradicating illiteracy and poverty and evolving effective policies for the implementation of "Education for the 21st Century", UNESCO activities in member states as well as other important aspects of its operations.

The Executive Board is the governing body of the organisation, which is responsible overseeing the implementation of UNESCO programmes and activities.