We mark the fourth International Day of Education as our world stands at a turning point. Gaping inequalities, a damaged planet, growing polarization and the devastating impact of the global pandemic put us before a generational choice: Continue on an unsustainable path or radically change course.

This year’s International Day of Education (24 January) will be a platform to showcase the most important transformations that have to be nurtured to realize everyone’s fundamental right to education and build more sustainable, inclusive and peaceful future. It will generate debate around how to strengthen education as a public endeavor and common good, how to steer the digital transformation, support teachers, safeguard the planet and unlock the potential in every person to contribute to collective well-being and our shared home.

H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Chair of the Global Partnership for Education and Former President of Tanzania, will participate in this digital discussion, hosted by UNESCO.

Participants:

• Ms Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General
• H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of 76th UN General Assembly
• Mr António Guterres, UN Secretary General (video message)
• H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Chair of the Global Partnership for Education
• Amb María del Carmen Squeff, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the UN on behalf of UN Group of Friends for Education and Lifelong Learning
• Ms Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
• H.E. Ms Dipu Moni, Minister of Education (Bangladesh) TBD
• Dr Rabiou Ousman, Minister of Education (Niger) TBD
• Manos Antoninis, Director of Global Education Monitoring Report
• Robert Jenkins, Global Director of Education, UNICEF
• Keishia Thorpe, Global Teacher Award Winner
• Dr Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela, Director SEAMEO Secretariat
• Refaat Sabbah, President, Global Campaign for Education
• Sofía Bermúdez, Education Youth Advocate
• Ambassador H.E. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN

Date and time: 24 January 2022; 9:00 - 10:30 am EST

For more information and to register: https://events.unesco.org/event?id=2736002221&lang=1033