Millennium Development Goals (MDG) & New Economic Partnership for Economic Development(NEPAD) SS3 Government Lesson Note

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

1. Explain the meaning of the New Economic Partnership for Economic Development(NEPAD)                               
2. Discuss the Aims and Objectives of NEPAD
3. Describe the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)            
4. Identify the MDGs

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: 

• Identification, 
• explanation, 
• questions and answers, 
• demonstration, 
• videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: 

• Videos, 
• loudspeaker, 
• textbook, 
• pictures

NOTE

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG) AND New Economic Partnership for Economic Development(NEPAD)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000. They aimed to address various aspects of global poverty, health, education, gender equality, and environmental sustainability by the target year of 2015. The MDGs included goals such as:

1. Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger: Targeting the reduction of poverty rates, hunger, and malnutrition worldwide.
2. Achieving Universal Primary Education: Ensuring access to quality primary education for all children globally.
3. Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women: Eliminating gender disparities in education, employment, and political representation.
4. Reducing Child Mortality: Improving child health and reducing child mortality rates through better healthcare and disease prevention.
5. Improving Maternal Health: Enhancing maternal health and reducing maternal mortality rates by ensuring access to reproductive healthcare services.
6. Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases: Combating the spread of infectious diseases and ensuring access to treatment and prevention measures.
7. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability: Promoting sustainable development practices and addressing environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
8. Developing a Global Partnership for Development: Fostering international cooperation, aid, and debt relief to support the achievement of the other MDGs.

Meaning of the New Economic Partnership for Economic Development (NEPAD)

NEPAD is a holistic, comprehensive and integrated strategic framework for the socio-economic development of Africa. The NEPAD DOCUMENT provides the vision for Africa, a statement of the problems facing the continent and a Programme of Action to resolve these problems to reach the objectives.

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is the vision and strategic framework adopted by African leaders to address poverty and underdevelopment throughout the African continent. Its broad approach was initially agreed at the 36th Heads of State and Government Assembly of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) held in Algeria, in 2000.

The meeting asked Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa to develop an integrated socio-economic framework for Africa. Subsequently, the 37th Summit of the OAU held in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2001 formally endorsed NEPAD as the framework for the continent’s development.

EVALUATION: 

1. What is the meaning of New Economic Partnership for Economic  Development(NEPAD)                                           

1. Identify and explain all the MDGs

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively