Welcome to the United Nations
Education and Academia Stakeholder Group
Shaping the ‘new normal’ requires reimagining a new education, with sufficient capacity to transform the conditions of inequality in which the pandemic settled. That is why this side event aims to examine the scope of this necessary transformation, proposing, first of all, the construction of a transformative education. This is the new normal that the world craves.
The side event focuses on the enabling potential of the right to education and how SDG4 acts as a lever for the entire sustainable development agenda.
The event is planned for its participants to share public policy suggestions and recommendations, not only to mitigate the effect of the pandemic, but mainly to suggest the ways of transformation that educational systems require to respond to current challenges, including the role of teachers.
The interaction between SDG4 and the other sustainable development goals is the pragmatic basis of the dialogue that this side event will promote.
The event will gather experts from academia, civil society activists, youth and students, teachers and government officials to discuss the trends, gaps and main features from the perspective of vulnerable populations and human rights standards.
The event will also address the education financing during the COVID-19 crises and provide examples of successful action from the government’s side. Instead of usual presentations, participants will exchange opinions in a panel discussion, opening for the audience and interested participants in co-created solutions.
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