January2021 world economic forum zoom -reimagining
education 1
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Panel reimagining education
Nzinga Qunta, South Africa tv anchor ,
Tariq Al Gurg, dubai cares foundation https://www.dubaicares.ae/
, 2021 rewired edu summit at expo 20 https://www.rewired2021.com/summit/
Suzanne Fortier
vice chancellor mcgill university
Henrietta Fore
executive director unicef hq ny
Qunta began by asking panel: what’s your latest progress on challenge that
half of all youth at every educated
level will be unemployable in
every nation? UNLESS EDUCATION TRANSFORMED
Unicef Fore video at 3.00 minutes-epidemic
has taught the future must blend digital and real education- 3 things are
exciting me first:
1 “learning passport” with
Microsoft/Cambridge children will be able to download curriculum even if as
refugees or other reasons moving across nations
2 with “giga initiative” un-itu
dubai cares - our goal every school
connected to net- satellites can now map where all schools are – no excuse not
to match satellite connectivity
-related conversation
3.6 billion people not yet connected to internet- Edison consortium of industry
leaders discusses this here –day 4 accelerate digital inclusion
3 at a much simpler
level, children who can read can help those who cant – half of world’s kids
cant read and understand single para at age of 10
https://www.rewired2021.com/summit/ 12 to 14 december
2021
Al Gurg[1] continues announcing dubai
aims to host biggest edu transformation summit dec 2021 allied to uae expo 2021
.. 15 years ago dubai ruler started dubai cares foundation mainly to research
on primary but now hope through 2021 to linkin every edu transformation
Dubai is already well known for Varkeys million $
teacher prize Global
Teacher Prize https://www.globalteacherprize.org
And as major sponsor of un=itu tech summits and the
sdg movements of #aiforgood
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Muftahs associates connections
https://lovingclassroom.com/head/training/ co-creative classroom curriculum
The African union has an extraordinary pan-africa youth ambassador in aya
chebbi – soas London, mutual connection Muftah https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayachebbi/
AFRICA REGIONAL NOTES
Jack ma’s full-time return to education from fall 2019 had encountered
various challenges – eg covid, his hong kong diaspora entrepreneurs lab partly
impacted by riots, chia’s indecision over the future of fintech – however his Africa
support of youth entrepreneurs got a firm start as early as 2016 with the Kenya
head of unctad -hundreds of young africans have been coached in Hangzhou and
linked into a pan African ecosystem
Nearly free mandela university began in south Africa – curriculum
development partners included branson, elders, google Africa, but after over
5000 alumni led by taddy blecher appears to have closed; today africa’s new
university coalition led out of Ghana by Patrick Awuah-partners include Microsoft,
Berkeley, president of Ghana on the main UN sdg advocates- Awuah is 5th
wise Qatar foundation laureate
Kenya led the world of African hubs – ihub was actually funded through
the open software Ushahidi- leading school bridge international originated out
of Kenya as did leading coding school moringa
American Ethiopian noah samara owned first radio satellite across Africa-mena
since turned into learning satellite yazmi – although headquartered in silver
spring Maryland seems these days to be mainly concerned with attracting partners
for ethiopia’s national tech futures
Silver spring is also location of dc regions
main African diaspora hub www.iospaces.com
run by sengalese American Rebecca Enonchong who is also founder
of appstech an oracle platinum franchise connector
Brac the world’s largest ngo partnership has connected various partnerships
with mainly muslim african nations
Local last mile health services with soros in sierra leone/Liberia
Adolescent girls peer to peer livelihood clubs Uganda with mastercard
intl
With gates mainly agricultural microfranchises tanzania
[1] We first heard al
gurg announce rewired at unga75 summits sept 2020 hosted by scotlands Gordon Brown
– as un envoy for Education – brown has connected 3 networks
–all major multilateral connectors of refugee edu www.educationcannotwait.org with office un ny , his wifes
change edu network www.theirworld.org and national leaders call to change Whole system https://educationcommission.org/workforce-steering-group/
with dc/London offices and edu-commission asia- https://educommissionasia.org/?lang=en
the latter is world leader in edutech revolution of life long learning
led by korea and other hitech edu across asia-
brown was uk prime minster so still connects eg main academic/civil
servant lord stern who is g20
economic-sdg adviser as well
as Indian observatory guru at London School Economics. Out of London
overall cop26 host is india brit alok sharma – see slide ed1.2
weforum session Glasgow climates last best chance
