Watch: Stefania Giannini and Alice Albright on education policy after coronavirus

The assistant director- general for education at UNESCO and the CEO of Global Partnerships for Education speak to NS special projects editor Alona Ferber at the New Statesman‘s Global Policy Forum.

By NS Events

DINSLAKEN, GERMANY – MARCH 16: An empty class room of an elementary school is pictured on the first day of the school’s temporary closure as part of nationwide measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus on March 16, 2020 in Dinslaken, Germany. Schools, day care centers and universities are closing across Germany this week as the country grapples with the virus that so far has infected at least 5,800 people and killed 13. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Under lockdown, children around the world are losing precious classroom hours. What can education systems do to ensure they don’t fall behind? And does the crisis present opportunities to redress global educational inequalities?

On 12 June, the New Statesman’s Spotlight policy supplement convened an online global policy forum, which brought together former and current leaders from politics, business and international organisations to discuss how we can meet the challenges of a post-pandemic world. In this session, the New Statesman‘s special projects editor Alona Ferber was joined by Stefania Giannini, assistant director- general for education at UNESCO and Alice Albright, CEO of Global Partnerships for Education, to discuss education policy in a world after coronavirus.

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