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GPE Chair also former Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete interviewed by Leah Mushi of UN News Kiswahili in New York, USA.

Assumpta Massoi

Global education partnership ‘hard-wiring’ gender equality: Former Tanzanian president

26 January 2022

The Chair of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), former Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete, says that although the key objective is helping disadvantaged children everywhere get access to quality schooling, supporting girls is their top priority.

In an exclusive interview with UN News, Mr. Kikwete said that gender equality is hard-wired “in everything we do”.

Mukasa Herbert a pupil at Nakivubo Settlement Nursery and Primary School in Uganda washes his hands on day one of school reopening, January 10th 2022.

Interview: As millions fall behind, how can we bridge the growing education gap?

23 January 2022

Culture and Education

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on education, laying bare a crisis that was already causing widespread concern well before the spread of the virus. Robert Jenkins, the Director of Education at the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, is calling for a transformation in learning, amid warnings that the current system is failing millions of people.

School learning in Jakarta during the COVID-19 pandemic (file)

UNICEF education chief insists on reopening schools amid growing learning gap

23 January 2022

UN Interviews

There was already a learning gap before the pandemic, with disadvantaged and marginalized children lagging far behind in terms of educational achievement.

Since the onset of COVID-19, which has seen millions of children affected by school closures, it has become a gulf, and by some estimates, around 70 per cent of 10-year-olds can’t read a simple piece of text.

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