Professor Ngugi responding questions from journalists during the PAR Conference in Dar es Salaam

I was lucky to have met Professor Ngugi wa Thion’go a man whose books are a vital reference of the African literature. I remembered some of them when I was learning in Secondary school about seventeen years ago. I couldn’t think I would ever meet him face to face the way teachers used to describe him and his books it was clear he is an intellectual man.

The expected Outcomes of the conference increased networking and alliances of educators and literacy professionals across Africa and beyond for sharing accepted practices and research in classrooms and elsewhere in the field of language and literacy. Enhanced capacity building among African educators as contributors to the design and implementation of effective national Education for All action plans. Increased international understanding of literacy problems in Africa through publication of conference proceeding which will be a tangible output. A profound professional pronouncement on the state of literacy in Africa and the best way forward for African Governments and other stakeholders based on the evidence presented. Improvement in the quality of literacy teaching and instruction in schools and communities