The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on almost every school system in the world. As schools start to reopen, education policy makers are faced with the dual challenge of getting children back into school and planning for the long-term consequences of the pandemic on the sector.

During this event, we will discuss what some of the long-term shifts in education will be as a result of COVID-19. We will examine consequences for education globally and domestically, including the impact on finance and how to mitigate the adverse effects of the pandemic on the most vulnerable children.

FEATURING

• Alice Albright, CEO, Global Partnership for Education
• Susannah Hares, Education Co-Director and Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development
• Jaime Saavedra, Global Director for Education, World Bank
• Dr. Valentine Uwamariya, Minister of Education, Rwanda

MODERATOR

• Masood Ahmed, President, Center for Global Development

This formal High-Level Political Forum event is an opportunity to hear from city leaders and community-based partners about how they are responding to fast-changing circumstances and the ways they are connecting to global networks to promote violence reduction.

Panelists will share concrete examples of how cities and service providers are addressing gender-based violence, what protections they are putting in place to keep children safe, and how they are combatting violent extremism and fighting crime.