The African Association for Guidance and Counselling was launched at the Conference on Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development in Africa, in Nairobi (22-26 April 2002). The aim of the Association is to provide professional support to counsellors and facilitate networking with international partners.
Conference on Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development in Africa
May 8, 2002 - The African Association for Guidance and Counselling was
launched at the Conference on Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development in
Africa, in Nairobi (22-26 April 2002). The aim of the Association is to
provide professional support to counsellors and facilitate networking with
international partners. Its president is Dan Bhusumane (Botswana) and its
executive body counts members from Mali, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal,
Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Kenya and Rwanda. African Ministers of Education
initiated the programme in 1994 to develop and institutionalize guidance and
counselling services as non-academic support, with special focus on girls.
Some 27 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa participate. Regional training
courses have been organized for policy-makers, teachers, teacher trainers,
youth and social
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