The EACDA is Founded

The East Africa Career Development Association has recently been established. The Association is incorporated in Rwanda and serves the entire East African Community. The Association was founded in response to the great strides being made in providing career guidance to citizens of the region. The EACDA is currently open for nominations to the board and interested parties should send a CV and a letter of motivation to info@eacda.org.

In order to get a fair representation, nominations are open to the following countries:
Burundi,
Kenya,
Rwanda,
South Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
The duties of the board members will be to; within in their respective countries:
Lobby for career guidance policy in the absence of such policy.
Lobby for inclusion of career guidance into the school curriculum and into the school timetable.
Lobby industry to get a clearer understanding of their employee development and lifelong learning needs.
Lobby for zero-based data fees on education and open learning platforms.