The UN’s Transforming Education Summit aims to help students around the world

World leaders, representing 100 countries, are joining in Paris this week to begin the conversation about how to help education systems in the world’s low-income countries. This comes as data from the World Bank shows low- and middle-income countries are far behind meeting educational targets for the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals, conceived to make a better world for everyone by 2030. 

The UNESCO pre-event will highlight issues to be addressed at the UN’s Transforming Education Summit to be held in September by the United Nations. “The Summit [will be] a significant opportunity to spotlight the “silent” and “invisible” education crisis that has been exacerbated by school closures caused by COVID-19,” says Stefania Giannini, head of education at UNESCO.

Event participants at the September Summit will discuss how to recover pandemic-related learning losses, reimagine education systems and revitalize national and global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4, which is a quality education for all.

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