The Shoah Memorial conducted a two-day seminar in Grand Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, for an audience of ministerial officials on the integration of genocides and mass killings into the education system. Objective: to integrate the teaching of the Shoah.
At the request of the authorities of Côte d'Ivoire and UNESCO, the Shoah Memorial intervened in Grand Bassam for two days before 30 inspectors general and senior ministerial officials on the integration of genocides and mass killings into the education system.
Côte d'Ivoire is one of the most advanced countries in this field, thanks to the compulsory education on the genocide of the Tutsis and the conflict in Biafra.
Led by Hélène Dumas, Joel Kotek, Tal Brutmmann and Antoine Germa, this seminar aimed to strengthen the Ivorian curriculum in order to soon integrate the teaching of the Shoah and develop the comparative approach. The Ministry of Education has, of course, included this approach to the history of genocides in the process of civil reconciliation that the country has been undergoing for five years and for which education is a major priority.
In Grand Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, the Shoah Memorial led a two-day seminar for ministerial officials on integrating lessons about genocide and mass killings into school curricula.
At the request of Côte d'Ivoire and UNESCO officials, the Shoah Memorial conducted a two-day seminar in Grand Bassam for 30 general inspectors and senior ministerial officials on integrating lessons about genocides and mass killings into the curriculum.
Teaching about the genocide of the Tutsis and the war in Biafra is already compulsory in Côte d'Ivoire, making it one of the world’s most advanced countries in this area.
Hélène Dumas, Joel Kotek, Tal Brutmmann and Antoine Germa led the seminar, which aimed to strengthen Côte d'Ivoire’s curriculum by integrating lessons about the Holocaust in the near future and developing a comparative approach. Education is a key priority in the national reconciliation process that has been underway for the past five years. The Ministry of Education promotes teaching the history of genocide as part of this effort.
