Curriculum, learning and teaching
The first project was launched in Ghana with the intention to provide equal opportunities for women to flourish in an everchanging market.
Is education the answer to the biggest challenges facing the planet? Ivan Vassiliev on the struggle of providing a basic education for all Imagine a world where geniuses from not just a handful of rich countries shape the destiny of the planet, but where great minds from every corner are able to contribute to the biggest challenges facing us today; from the environment to fresh water access, and agriculture. A world like that is possible, and it starts by providing access to basic education that allows individuals from demographics that may not previously have had the opportunity, to develop themselves quickly and with a specific focus on enabling them to join the global conversation. This doesn’t mean that everyone has to pursue advanced academic endeavours. With all the technological advances Winter
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on the horizon and the automation of many jobs, the defining skills will be those that cater to and support the human experience. The most quintessentially human of qualities will be those that stand out. The skills required are the kind that are often taken for granted in the developed world; English, communication, basics of customer service and interaction in a system that is so ingrained, familiar, and natural to many of us, it’s hard to imagine it not being so for most of us. Imagine a woman from Ghana, a country where over half the women are still illiterate having had access to only preschool, if any, education. What would it mean to this woman
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