What is the role of the Commonwealth in supporting education funding post-COVID? During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1.6 billion learners were out of school and school doors were shuttered for 168 million children for an entire year. Amidst this, it is education budgets that will feel the greatest impact. Two-thirds of low- and lower-middle-income countries have cut their public education budgets since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is now more critical than ever to advocate for resilient and gender-transformative education financing – the Commonwealth should be a leading platform to support education financing.
The webinar will be chaired by the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Stephen Twigg and panellists include:
- Mehnaz Akber Aziz, Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and Chair of the SDG
Committee on Child Rights - Ruth Kagia, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the President of Kenya
- Wongani Grace Taulo, Senior Adviser, UNICEF
- Pauline Rose, Professor of International Education, University of Cambridge
Join this webinar to hear experts in the sector discuss these issues ahead of CHOGM 2021.
The event is co-hosted by the Commonwealth Consortium for Education, Council for Education in the Commonwealth, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Parliamentary Network for Education.
To register for this event please visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fg1imnnxSquI6mS-gBQHoA
Email hq.sec@cpahq.org for enquiries.