- FACILIDADE
- UWEZO TANZANIA
17 papers were selected by the scientific committee and editorial board and presented before a panel during the conference. 13 papers will be published as an eBook. Read more about the sub-themes the papers cover:
WHY THE CONFERENCE?
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was already in an educational crisis as 617 million children and adolescents had not attained minimum proficiency in reading and maths — 202 million of these in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNESCO, 2018).
This learning crisis has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 related lockdowns and resultant school closures. The World Bank estimated a loss of 0.6 years of schooling, adding that ‘in the intermediate scenario there may be as much as a 25% increase (from 40% to 50%) in the share of lower secondary-aged children who are below the minimum level of proficiency, (World Bank, 2020).
There has been an upsurge of remote learning programmes, diversified by context, as a measure for continued learning (UNICEF, 2021). Although commendable, questions arose as technology widened the equity gap between populations (affluent vs. poor, urban vs. rural, etc.).
It is against this backdrop that the PAL Network Conference will explore what it takes to build better and ensure learning continuity for all.
H.E. Dr. Jakaya Kikwete
Conference Opening Ceremony
Keynote Speaker and Chief Guest,
Conference Opening Ceremony
H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete joined the Global Partnership for Education as Chair of the Board of Directors in September 2021. He has had a distinguished public service career, both in the Tanzanian government and subsequently in international and regional organizations. H.E. Jakaya Kikwete served as the President of the United Republic of Tanzania from 2005-2015. He was previously Minister of Finance, Minister for Water, Energy and Mineral Resources, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Tanzania. He also chaired the African Union and the Southern African Development Cooperation
Dr. Jaime Saavedra
Conference Closing Ceremony
Keynote speaker and Chief Guest,
Conference Closing Ceremony
Dr. Jaime Saavedra currently leads the Education Global Practice at the World Bank Group after having served as the Minister of Education in the Government of Peru from 2013-2016. He is known for his immense contribution in the areas of poverty and inequality, employment, labor market as well as in the education sector. He has done groundbreaking work at the Inter-American Development Bank and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Dr. Saavedra has been the acting Vice-President for the Economic and Poverty Reduction Department and the Director
Dr. Rukmini Banerji
Guest Speaker
Rukmini Banerji is the CEO of Pratham Education Foundation. Earlier this year she was awarded the 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development. Rukmini has extensive field experience in program design and implementation of learning improvement programs in rural and urban areas in India. She was trained as an economist in India, UK and the US and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Along with her colleagues in Pratham and ASER, Rukmini and her teams have done pioneering work in assessment and instruction towards ensuring that every child is
