Reimagining Education: a conversation with UNICEF and EdTech Hub about Technology’s Role in Addressing Education Challenges

<p>On July 21, the World Bank, UNICEF, and EdTech Hub co-hosted a side event of the Global Education Summit: Financing GPE 2021-2025. The event featured an overview of the Reimagine Education: Digital Tools for Learning for Every Child Everywhere partnership,&nbsp;including UNICEF and World Bank joint ambitions to reach children with high-quality digital learning. It also included government perspectives on national EdTech priorities, and partner reflections.</p> <p><a href="https://edtechhub.org/team/victoria-collis/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vicky Collis</a>, EdTech Hub Interim Managing Director, moderated the event, which featured the following speakers:</p> <p>· &nbsp;<a href="https://www.unicef.org/media/experts/robert-jenkins" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Jenkins</a>, Global Director of Education for UNICEF</p> <p>· &nbsp;<a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/j/jaime-saavedra-chanduvi" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jaime Saavedra</a>, Global Director of Education at the World Bank</p> <p>· &nbsp;Emmanuel Allie, GPE Coordinator at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone</p> <p>· &nbsp;<a href="https://www.cssh.sua.ac.tz/ds/index.php/component/sppagebuilder/?view=page&amp;layout=edit&amp;id=3" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prof. Carolyne Nombo</a>, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Tanzania</p> <p>· &nbsp;<a href="https://edtechhub.org/team/christopher-mcburnie/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris McBurnie</a>, Country Lead for Sierra Leone, EdTech Hub</p> <p>· &nbsp;<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/persons/deputy-director-general-martin-seychell_en" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Martin Seychell</a>, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission</p> <p>· &nbsp;<a href="https://um.fi/unit-for-sectoral-policy" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paula Malan</a>,