AMU COMMISION ON MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN AFRICA (AMU-CMEA)
Members of the AMU-CMEA
Chair of the Commission
Prof. Maria de Natividade (University Agostinho Neto, Angola, Southern Africa)
Secretary of the Commission
Prof. Entisar Alrasheed (Sudan, East Africa)
Member
Prof. Arjika Sama (Niger, West Africa)
Member
Prof. Béchir Kachoukh (Tunisia, North Africa)
Member
Prof. Karima Sayah (Algeria, North Africa)
Member
Prof. Alphonse Uworwabayeho (University of Rwanda-College of Education, East Africa)
Member
Prof. Kgomotso Gertude Garegae (University of Botswana, Southern Africa)
Member
Prof. Bernard Mutuku Nzimbi (Kenya, East Africa)
Objectives of AMU-CMEA
Contribute to the development of the Mathematics curriculum at all levels of Mathematics education troughout the African continent;
Contribute to the production and improvement of Mathematics teachers in all education system in the African continent;
Contribute to the research in the areas of Mathematics education that is relevant to African environment in the sence of improving the teaching and learning of Mathematics in African continent;
Promote active coorperation between African Mathematicians and Mathematics education in writing textbooks and developing curricula for Mathematics;
Cooperate with any or all organisation pursuns the same objectives for example, ICMI, CMEA, UNESCO;
Help Young Africans improve their performance in Mathematics at national, religional and continental.
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ON AMU-CMEA
One of the relevant actives of last AMU-CMEA is the criation of Pan-African Mathematics Spaces (PMS)
The first Pan-African Mathematical Space held in Tunis, November 2006, on the initiative of the AMU-CMEA and the Tunisian Association of Mathematical Sciences, with them: “Innovation in Mathematical Education” and the following aims:
• promoting refections and exchanges on mathematics education within the African mathematical community,
• Strenghtening existing collaborations, creating new ones, and bridging the gap between generations of teachers and trainers
The second PAMS conference took place in Hammamet in November 2008 with relevant issues:
• The LMD (Licence, Master, Doctorate) reform,
• The use of new technologies, information technology and communication
• The teaching training
• Distance learning and virtual University
• The concurrent renovation of the primary, secondary and higher cycles,
• Astronomy
• The resolution of real problems
• The analysis of various evaluations
• The contribution from the scientific movement to the development of scientific culture
After 2008 there were no PAMS symposia, but the commission has developed information and communication actions in the framework of exchanges aimed at promoting education, research and culture scientific, including popularization in Mathematics for all.
AMUCEMA ACTIVITIES AGENDA DURING 2023-2026
Activity
Contry
Responsible
Proposide period
1
Form an online questionnaire to identify the reasons why students in Africa don’t like to study mathematics
All countries
Chair: Kgomotso Gertude Garegae All members of the Commission
April-June 2023
2
Organize Workshop of teachers training with the theme "Innovations in teaching mathematics"
Algeria
Chair: Karima Sayah
March or June 2024
Botswana
Chair: Kgomotso Gertude Garegae
July 2024
3
Organize junior summer schools and competition between student in high secondary school and university’s students
Algeria
Chair: Karima Sayah
August 2023
Tunisia
Chair: Béchir Kachoukh
November 2025
4
Organize two workshops with the "mathematics for industry" and "mathematics for biology"
Sudan
Chair: Entisar Alasheed Sidahmed
June 2025
Kenya
Chair: Bernard Mutuku Nzimbi
August 2024
5
Organize the 4th PAMES
Sudan
Chair: Entisar Alasheed Sidahmed All members of the Commission
1st week of December 2023
6
Organize the 5th PAMES
Rwanda
Chair: Aphonse Uworwabayeho All members of the Commission
1st week of December 2024
7
Organize the 6th PAMES
Niger
Chair: Arjika Sama All members of the Commission
1st week of December 2025
8
Introduce the competition Bebras in Africa
All countries
Chair: Karima Sayah All members of the Commission
November-December 2023
7th International Conference on Mathematics and Information Sciences, Fabruary 15-17, 2018, Sohag University, Egypt.