What It Means to Be a Global Citizen Today
Global citizens see themselves as part of a world community. Such a community is rapidly emerging as a result of the growing inter-connectivity and inter-dependence of people and their countries. A global citizen’s actions support the political, social, economic and moral values of this community which have also been espoused by global leaders for […]
Three Paths to Global Citizenship
Global citizenship, even citizenship, is not a familiar concept to many Chinese people. Awareness of citizenship, which I interpret as a sense of claiming citizens’ rights and working for the betterment of community, is almost absent in Chinese society due to the strong tradition of obedience to authority. However, awareness of citizenship is essential […]
Global Citizenship Education: a New Ethics for the World System?
Putting every child in school, improving the quality of learning and fostering global citizenship are the three principles of the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) launched by the United Nations in 2012. The three principles are intimately interrelated, and a cornerstone of the post-2015 development model advocated by the United Nations and its specialized […]
The Promise and Challenges of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Whether or not we live in Africa, all of our futures will be affected by the success or failure of education on the continent. Progress has been made, but not enough. Around two years ago, we decided to start an investment and advisory group, Caerus Capital, drawing on our mutual experience working with the International Finance […]
The Urgent Need for Innovative Solutions in Education
My first teacher was my mother. This is not just because my mother taught me how to make my way in the world, but because she started the school I attended throughout my childhood. The school was a simple but tidy place, about a mile from my childhood home and steeped in my mother’s Christian […]
Encouraging More Play-Based Learning
“Play is the highest form of research.” — Albert Einstein Early childhood education (ECE) is a new and growing field of study and research in Qatar. However, there is a growing body of literature and research that demonstrates that both the quantity and quality of care and interaction that a child has in the early years […]
Restoring Hope, Rebuilding Futures: the Vital Role of Education
Special Focus : Accelerating Innovation in Refugee Education Migration and displacement dominate our news media, and for good reason: launching its annual Global Trends study, UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency reported that that 65.6 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2016 – a total bigger than the population of the United Kingdom. 22.5 […]
The Tale of Two Mohammads
Mohammad A. graduated from a top-rated university in Jordan in 2013 with an ICT (computer science) degree. After a year searching for a job, he was hired by a regional telco for 300 JD ($500) per month. Even though the job was in the call center, he considered himself lucky. Of the 6,000 ICT graduates […]
Refugee Girls Need Our Attention — Not Just on World Refugee Day, But Every Day
Being a refugee is not a label that one would wish to have. Despite the 44 years that have gone by and the acquisition of Canadian citizenship, I never forget that I am indeed, a refugee. Today we recognise World Refugee Day. But for more than 65 million refugees — over half of whom […]
Refugee Children Empowered by Technology to Learn
June 20 marks World Refugee Day, a day when we recognize the tragic impact that war, persecution, conflicts, and natural disasters have had on millions – causing them to flee their homes. Today, nearly half of the world’s refugees are children and some of the most vulnerable are the more than three million Syrian children who have […]