: Transforming Education Summit: Halt the crisis, or risk failing an entire generation #IndiaNEWS #International Just a few hours before the start of the crucial Transforming Education Summit, UN Children’s

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Transforming Education Summit: Halt the crisis, or risk failing an entire generation #IndiaNEWS #International
Just a few hours before the start of the crucial Transforming Education Summit, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Friday, warned that globally, only a third of 10-year-olds are estimated to be able to read and understand a simple written story. This shocking statistic represents a 50 per cent decrease from pre-pandemic estimates.

“Under resourced schools, underpaid and under-qualified teachers, over-crowded classrooms and archaic curricula are undermining our children’s ability to reach their full potential,�? said Catherine Russell UNICEF Executive Director, in a press release.

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— Transforming Education Summit (@TransformingEdu) September 16, 2022

Education is the future
“The trajectory of our education systems is, by definition, the trajectory of our future�?, she added. “We need to reverse current trendlines or face the consequences of failing to educate an entire generation. Low levels of learning today mean less opportunity tomorrow. �?
Summit gets underway
The much-anticipated Transforming Education Summit begins at UN Headquarters in New York today, Friday, with a day of mobilization, led by the Secretary-General and his deputy, together with the President of the General Assembly.
Saturday has been billed as “solutions day�?, led by UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed, and on Monday, UN chief António Guterres will introduce his vision statement, along with world leaders, in the General Assembly Hall, as the summit comes to a close.
Simmering crisis
During the COVID-19 pandemic, prolonged school closures and a lack of access to quality learning exposed and exacerbated a pre-existing learning crisis, that has left millions of schoolchildren without foundational numeracy and literacy skills.
To draw attention to the education crisis and the need to transform learning worldwide, UNICEF has created the ‘Learning Crisis Classroom’, a model classroom that represents the scale of children failing to learn critical foundational skills.
The installation will be displayed at the visitor’s entrance of UN Headquarters in New York between 16 and 26 September. The model will serve as a reminder to government officials, heads of state and everyday visitors of the urgent need for mass global investment in education.

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A view of UNICEF’s Learning Crisis Classroom installation at UN Headquarters in New York, September 2022.