25 January 2024, 16:00-17:30 GMT
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Early investment, big impact: How foundational learning helps to transform education outcomes and gender equality
The Council for Education in the Commonwealth invites you to the Annual Gladwyn Lecture for International Education Day 2024 delivered by Alicia Herbert OBE. At the Houses of Parliament, CPA Room London SW1A 0AA.
The Council for Education in the Commonwealth are delighted that Alicia Herbert OBE will deliver its Annual Gladwyn Lecture 2024.
As FCDO’s Director of Education, Gender and Equality Alicia leads on the UK’s international education strategy. This includes an ambitious agenda to get children and young people learning, especially girls. Alongside this role, Alicia is also the UK’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality.
Over the past 25 years, she has played a leading role in shaping international development policy and driving programme delivery and policy reform in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
In the Annual Gladwyn Lecture 2024, chaired by Stephen Twigg, Alicia Herbert OBE will share her reflections on how the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth can respond to the global education crisis.
The sixth International Day of Education will be celebrated on 24 January 2024 under the theme “learning for lasting peace”.
After decades of progress, the number of out-of-school children around the world has risen. Today, 250 million children and youth are out of school.
Across the Commonwealth and around the world, conflict, climate change, food crises, forced displacement and the aftermath of COVID-19 continue to strain education systems and deny millions of children the opportunity to learn and thrive.
It isn’t just a problem of access to education, it’s a problem of quality too. Many children are not achieving minimum proficiency in reading or mathematics, despite attending schools.
The Annual Gladwyn Lecture is organised by the Council for Education in the Commonwealth in honour of its former Patron, Lord Gladwyn, a distinguished diplomat and parliamentarian.
The Lecture focuses on an educational topic of relevance to the Commonwealth and is delivered by an eminent expert.
Early booking is essential as the number of places are very limited. To avoid disappointment, please RESERVE your place now.