“Globally, education is in crisis”, warns Secretary General António GuterresNote that the crisis in the classroom is “Fire slowly and often unseen” but with “profound consequences for individuals, society and our collective future.”
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Spinning with the disruption caused by the pandemic, hundreds of millions of children and young people are still out of school. Many of those who are attending school are not learning the basic skills they need, as citizens and participants in society.
Many others are questioning the relevance of their education systems and curricula for today’s world.
A global survey, commissioned by Their World, shows more than two-thirds of young people surveyed feel that leaders are betraying their promises to provide quality education.
The launch of #LetMeLearn campaign to create momentum towards Transformational Education Summit The Secretary-General will convene on September 19 to lay out a new vision for education that will equip learners of all ages and backgrounds with the skills, knowledge and values they need to develop.
World leaders will decide what action to take to meet United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (quality education).
Need a national leader
The UN chief said the campaign was “to ensure that world leaders attending the summit pay attention to the voices and opinions of learners. Through this campaign, the diverse experiences and perspectives of young people and lifelong learners everywhere will be included in the discussions.decisions and outcomes of the summit. “
Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Educationdescribe the historic summit as “Global education COP26 moment – last chance to act to prevent educational disaster” for a generation of young people directly impacted by the pandemic, the climate crisis, conflict and many other challenges.
The ‘quality and relevance’ crisis: Their world
The President of Their World, Justin van Fleet, said that decisions to be made by global leaders next month at the Transformation Education Summit, “will affect the lives of thousands of people.” hundreds of millions of children around the world, and reverberating through every community on the planet.”
“Global education is facing a crisis of equity, quality and relevance. Currently, education is a privilege, not a right, and is denied to children due to factors beyond their control at birth,” he said.
“It is time for world leaders to listen to young people and take action today. Time is running out and inaction is not an option.”
Organizations and individuals can participate in the campaign by creating and share short video in the coming weeks.
