Against the Odds: Educating Girls Globally 04-11

Against the Odds: Educating Girls Globally

Streamed live on Mar 31, 2016

Speakers:

Irina Bokova, Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Sakena Yacoobi, CEO, Afghan Institute of Learning; Co- Founder and Vice President, Creating Hope International; WISE Prize for Education Laureate

Discussants from the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI):

Monica Higgins, Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership, HGSE; Faculty Co-Chair, ALI
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Chair and Director, ALI

Fernando Reimers, Ed.M.’84, Ed.D.’88, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education and Director of the International Education Policy Program and of the Global Education Innovation Initiative, HGSE; Faculty Co-Chair, ALI

This forum will examine the challenges that remain for girls around the world to access a high quality education that empowers them, and the work that activists, teachers, governments, and intergovernmental organizations are advancing to address these challenges. Yacoobi will discuss the constraints that girls and women face to receiving an education in Afghanistan, and highlight the work that she and other social entrepreneurs have advanced, under the most challenging conditions, to support the educational opportunities of girls against the odds.

She is an award-winning social innovator who has devoted her life to creating educational opportunities for girls and women. Bokova will address the same issues from the perspective of the international development community, and of UNESCO specifically. After these presentations, there will be a panel discussion with Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative faculty.

What a classroom looks like in 27 countries around the world 04-08

What a classroom looks like in 27 countries around the world

Every single classroom in the world is unique, and this project by Reuters photographers gives us a glimpse into 27 different learning environments.


Nearly three years after Taliban gunmen shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist challenged world leaders at the United Nations to help millions more children go to school.

Her call last week comes ahead of World Teachers' Day on October 5, a UNESCO initiative highlighting the work of educators struggling to teach children amid intimidation in Pakistan, conflict in Syria or poverty in Vietnam.Around 120 million children are out of school and a further 250 million are illiterate despite attending school, the World Bank said in May.

But there have been some improvements.

The number of children not attending primary school has plummeted to an estimated 57 million worldwide in 2015, the U.N. says. Fifteen years ago, when the Millennium Development Goals called for universal primary school education, 100 million children were out of primary school.

Worldwide, the number of schools is growing rapidly - both private schools for the middle class and wealthy and cash-strapped government schools in places like Kenya, where poorly paid teachers have downed tools to demand more pay.

Many schools lack teachers, chairs, electricity or books. Others even lack buildings.
But children seem willing to learn anywhere. Classes are in corridors in the Philippines, onboard boats in Brazil or in a local park in Pakistan.

Beyond Wit and Grit: Rethinking the Keys to Success | Howard Gardner 02-23

Beyond Wit and Grit: Rethinking the Keys to Success | Howard Gardner | TEDxBeaconStreet






What does it take to be truly successful in the long run? If you think the answer is "be smart" and "work hard" you need to see and hear my talk.

Howard Gardner teaches psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, He has authored many books, including MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES and TRUTH, BEAUTY, AND GOODNESS REFRAMED. He has won many awards, including a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, and has received honorary degrees from over 30 institutions all over the world.

Dr Shashi Tharoor Why there is no Indian university is in the world rankings of top 200 01-16

Dr Shashi Tharoor Why there is no Indian university is in the world rankings of top 200

The key to excellence in world rankings is research for cutting-edge technology, said Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor.

Inaugurating the multistorey Students' Amenity Centre at Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), he said that in addition to the government, corporates have a duty to extent support to universities in conducting top-end research in deserving areas.

The Cochin University deserves to be known at a national- level and the HRD Ministry is doing everything in its power to upgrade the university to an Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST). Cusat Vice-Chancellor Ramachandran Thekkedath presided over the function which was held at SMS Auditorium.

Pro Vice-Chancellor K Poulose Jacob, Hibi Eden MLA, syndicate member K Sajan, and controller of examinations and registrar-incharge A B Bhasi spoke on the occasion.

Delhi Government abolishes Management Quota in Schools.01--06

Delhi Government abolishes Management Quota in Schools