RewirEd Summit - Driving Innovative, Radical Change in Global Education

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Youth, skills & future of work focus on Day One

B-Roll highlights available via: https://we.tl/t-6jJuSMLA2G

B-Roll, photos and press releases available via: https://markettierscloud.egnyte.com/fl/3Cd4bb0Raf

DUBAI, UAE / ACCESSWIRE / December 12, 2021 / Youth, skills and the future of work kicked off the three-day RewirEd Summit, the ground-breaking event at Expo 2020 Dubai aiming to drive the innovative, radical change needed in education.

On a day of detailed examination of why and how education systems need to change to give young people a better chance in their working lives, Dr Tariq Al Gurg, CEO of Dubai Cares who are hosting the RewirEd Summit said: "If education does not deliver on its promise to equip young people all over the world with the skills they need to tackle future challenges, then we will be known as the generation who did nothing when we could to everything. We have the means and we must act now."

The debate at the RewirEd Summit was driven by some of the most important leaders in the field of global education including over 50 Heads of State and government ministers, Gordon Brown, the UN's Special Envoy for Education; Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF; Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN's Special Envoy for Youth; Stefania Giannini, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Education; Saadia Zahidi, MD at the World Economic Forum; Bob Moritz, Chairman of PwC; and Alan Jope, Unilever's CEO.

RewirEd Summit, Sunday, December 12, 2021, Press release picture

RewirEd panel session in progress

Dr Jakaya Kikwete, Chair of the Global Partnership for Education

They and many others addressed fundamental issues, including:

With young people now three times less likely than adults to find a job, how Technical & Vocational Education & Training (TVET) with its focus on providing work-related skills can be urgently embedded in mainstream education systems and scaled up.
To give children more equitable futures, how accessible and relevant tertiary education can be developed. Long proven central to economic, societal and personal development, it now sees its slowest growth in regions with some of the largest growing youth populations, threatening further inequality.
The innovative digital training that more education pathways need to provide to cater for the growth of the gig economy and creative industries.
The formal and non-formal educational approaches required to give young people the emerging skills vital to work in the fast-growing green economy.
The need for radical changes in education as a driver of greater climate resilience and effective adaptation to the climate crisis. Research from Uganda showcased the severe impact of climate disruptions on young people's livelihoods.
With the vital growth in focus on technology and innovation, how a continued prioritisation of soft skills such as creativity, flexibility and problem-solving is hard-wired into education systems.

B-Roll

B-Roll footage of Day One / Sunday 12^th December of the RewirEd Summit is available via: https://we.tl/t-6jJuSMLA2G and https://markettierscloud.egnyte.com/fl/3Cd4bb0Raf
It includes:
GVs: RewirEd Summit - Day 1, Sunday 12^th December 2021
Kevin Frey, CEO of Generation Unlimited: soundbites & GVs
Robert Jenkins, Global Director of Education, UNICEF
Mahendra Phagwah, Researcher, Restless Development
Sallyann Della Casa, Founder and Chief Identity Hacker, GLEAC
GVs of children around the world in classrooms

Interviews

The vast majority of speakers on all three days of the summit 3 will be available for TV, radio and print interviews both face-to-face with media on site in Dubai or via Zoom for remote interviews
Any media wanting to set up interviews should contact [email protected]

Watching the Summit online