The New Horizon in Education : From Access to Quality
Remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discuss equity and learning in education that should be integral to our final push to end extreme poverty by 2030. He speaks about education that also raises productivity in the...
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| Format: | Speech |
| Language: | English en_US |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876852/transcript-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-new-horizon-education-access-quality-korea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24305 |
| Summary: | Remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group,
discuss equity and learning in education that should be
integral to our final push to end extreme poverty by 2030.
He speaks about education that also raises productivity in
the informal sector and is associated with better health and
resilience. He talks about educated women and girls who can
be particularly effective agents of socio-economic change.
He also talks about the need for development financing and
technical expertise to effect radical change in the quality
of labor. He highlights about technology that can be used to
leapfrog current practices, plugging isolated teachers and
students into connected classrooms of the twenty first
century. He concludes by saying that education is a public good and a
fundamental right is essential to end extreme poverty and
boost shared prosperity. |
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