Old-School: The Skills That Made Us & How They’re Changing

How Education Changed Our Lives - Lessons from Afghanistan and Syria

Changemakers can come from the toughest places. Come and listen to the remarkable stories of Bahar, Arzou and Bana, young girls and leaders from Afghanistan and Syria, and learn how they are changing the world, one community at a time.

 

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Moussa Kondo: Changemaker for Role-Model Values

Moussa Kondo is changing the world. As the Country Director of Accountability Lab and 2018 Obama Fellow, he advocates for integrity in the public service and communities. He believes that the skills and knowledge to participate in the 21st century must include an emphasis on values. By launching a global TV show called Integrity Idol to "name and fame" honest government officials and mobilise role-models, Moussa has created national conversations on integrity and accountability in Mali, Pakistan, Nepal, Nigeria and Liberia. Delegates at the Global Education and Skills Forum heard more about how Integrity Idol is re-building trust; helping young people be part of positive change; and providing the moral platform on which the future of good governance can be built.

 

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A World Where Resources are not a Barrier to Literacy.

Can Artificial Intelligence help a generation of young learners in Africa gain literacy? More than finding the right technology platforms - how can we can address the implicit values and practices embedded in these systems that differ across contexts?

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A World of Tolerance and Co-Existence. Creating the Necessary Culture in School.

Take a class with one of the top 10 finalists for the 2019 Global Teacher Prize. Each live, 30-minute lesson will showcase the different methods, learnings and values that helped to secure the teacher's place in the final of the US$1 million prize.

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A Physically Active World. What Sports can Teach Us.

Sports have the power to bring people together like no other medium. But can they really change the lives of young people for the better?

Watch a panel of leading sportspeople in this Public Briefing debate the role of sports in the classroom and across the education sector more broadly, and hear their reflections on what their sports have taught them about what it takes to succeed at the highest levels.

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo: Changemaker for Nigeria

Olusegun Obasanjo is a Nigerian general, statesman, and diplomat, who was the first military ruler in Africa to hand over power to a civilian government. He served as Nigeria’s military ruler (1976–79) and, as a civilian, as president (1999–2007).

In this session at GESF 2019, hear more about President Obasanjo's life, work and views on who is Nigeria and the wider world for the better. In conversation with media personality and philanthropist Julie Gichuru. #GESF @VarkeyFDN

EdTech for Good

Increasingly foundations, NGOs and non-profit organisations turn to EdTech to bring education to resource-poor contexts, refugee camps and conflict zones or learners that lack opportunity and live in poverty. Driven by improving the plight of people and the aspiration to bring education to every child, youngster or improve literacy in adult learners, these charities and foundations increasingly resort to EdTech. In a thought-provoking interview panel, we hear how EdTech is embraced for good.

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How Edtech Can Empower Teachers

Three school leaders and two learners engage in a moderated fireside discussion on how EdTech can empower teaching, peer-to-peer collaboration and student-teacher interaction in and beyond the classroom. #GESF @VarkeyFDN

Andreas Schleicher: a world that educates students for our future rather than our past

What are the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that matter for success in tomorrow’s world and how can we develop these at scale?  The OECD Director for Education and Skills discusses this in conversation with Anne McElvoy of The Economist. #GESF @VarkeyFDN

What will Brexit mean for young people?

With less than a week to go before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU, a panel including the Conservative peer and former member of David Cameron’s inner circle Baron Ghadia, former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou discussed the impact of Brexit on education, skills and young people’s futures.  Moderated by Nick Ferrari of LBC. #GESF @VarkeyFDN