Global Leaders Focus on Education

09/20/2016

Global Leaders Focus on Education

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"More than 124 million children and adolescents around the world are out of school, while more than 250 million children who are in classrooms cannot read and write, (and are) unequipped with necessary skills to succeed in school and in life.

"These are not numbers. They are young people, our sisters and brothers, sons and daughters. As a result of their circumstance and the barriers that prevent them from accessing inclusive and equitable quality educational opportunities, their hopes are diminished and dreams a distant reality," writes Benedict Joson in Huffington Post’s World Post.

"In an effort to provide them a better and brighter future, Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, President Peter Mutharika of Malawi, and Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova co-convened The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity. Launched at the Oslo Summit on Financing Education for Development in 2015, the organization aims to inspire global action and investment in education.

Joined by presidents, prime ministers, Nobel laureates, leaders of industry, academics, artists, teachers, technologists, students, and social entrepreneurs, the Commission gathered at the United Nations on Sunday, September 18th, 2016 to present United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and the co-conveners with a report and agenda for action to realize A Learning Generation. Follow the Commission on Facebook and on Twitter. Use #LearningGeneration to interact with the global digital community.

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