Qatar - Sheikha Moza witnesses honouring of WISE awardees


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula

The winners of 2021 WISE Awards were honoured for their innovative solutions to education challenges in the presence of H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, yesterday. 

The awardees came together on the second day of 2021 WISE Global Summit's plenary session 'Post-pandemic Pillars of Education: Designing and Funding New Approaches to Learning' to shed light on how their work is defining the education landscape of tomorrow. 

Dr. Ameena Abdul Majeed, Director of Programs and Chief Curator at WISE, honoured the 2021 WISE Award winners for their projects — 'The happiness curriculum', 'Let's all learn to read', 'Onebillion', 'ProFuturo digital education program', 'Taleemabad' and 'Trauma Informed Schools'.

“The works celebrated by the WISE Awards are vitally important, as each of our winners has built an effective, tested solution to a global educational challenge,” said Dr. Abdul Majeed.

“Their projects are already transforming lives and creating a pathway for others to follow. At this year's Summit, we are not only congratulating our winners on their achievements, but also showcasing their innovation on a global stage. It is crucial that policymakers and civil society leaders look at those best practices as solutions for a greater impact on learners,” she added. 

The plenary session included Tanmay Bakshi, an 18 year old Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning and Advisory Software Engineer at IBM; Emiliana Vegas, Senior Fellow and Co-Director at the Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution; Lydia Wilbard, National Director, CAMFED Tanzania; and Shannon May, Co-Founder and President of NewGlobe. The first plenary session of the second day of 2021 WISE Global Summit, 'Big Shock, Big Reforms', cast a look at the idea that shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can be a powerful catalyst for innovation. 

Thought leaders including Marc Brackett, Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence; Zhou Yijun, Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker; David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Chief Innovation Officer for the Government of Sierra Leone; and Sidharth Santhosh, Research Consultant, Center for Policy Research in New Delhi; explored the impact of technology on long-expected reforms in education, reshaped student-teacher relationships, and the wider societal implications of education reform.

While, WISE's new Youth Studio, curated by a group of young changemakers in education, was inaugurated with several youth-led spotlight talks, panel discussions and fireside chats on topics such as climate action, citizenship education, edtech and girls' education.

In the 'Students, You Matter' Spotlight Talk, discussions focused on how students can perform effectively in school while still trying to process and adapt to the changes caused by the pandemic. Prerna Kalra, Associate Director, Simple Education Foundation; Khalid Yassin, Chief Programs Officer at Teach for Qatar; and social media creators and influencers Linya Peng and Maha Yakoub were all part of the conversation, which looked at some changes students can make to enhance their day-to-day lives and use their skills in efficient ways in a post-pandemic world. The three-day hybrid 2021 WISE Global Summit will conclude today.

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